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form a connecting link between the preceding and the following (as in a piece of writing) · connect with the foregoing and carry forward a new paragraph

承上启下
chéng shàng qǐ xià
ch+éng·2nd tonesh+àng·4th toneq+ǐ·3rd tonex+ià·4th tone
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Chain
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to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition · forming a bridge between earlier and later stages承前启后chéng qián qǐ hòuto follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition · forming a bridge between earlier and later stages继往开来jì wǎng kāi lái(idiom) four-part structure of a composition: introduction, elucidation, pivot (shift in perspective), synthesis; (fig.) coherent structural progression in writing, narrative, or any unfolding process起承转合qǐ chéng zhuǎn hé
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