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HSK
to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
HSK 3
to inherit / to succeed to (the throne etc) / to carry on (a tradition etc)
HSK 5
younger stepbrother
to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
HSK 7-9
relay station
night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
HSK 7-9
successor
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to continue / to follow after / to go on with / to succeed / to inherit / then / afterwards
HSK 7-9
stepmother
HSK 7-9
stepfather
HSK 7-9
to succeed to the throne
to relay / to repeat
(idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
in succession / following closely
HSK 7-9
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
then / afterwards
HSK 7-9
stepson
to become adopted as heir
relay (electronics)
metadata
frame relay
lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom) / fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten
Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City (2002-2008)
successor
to continue / to continue a family line / posterity / heir
Qi Jiguang (1528-1588), military leader
adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son) / to inherit
to adopt / to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)
to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day
heir / successor
younger stepsister
step-siblings
second wife (of a widower)
to succeed sb in a job / successor
repeater
continuing education
inheritress
right of inheritance
frame relay (telecommunications)
(literary) to carry on / to inherit / to succeed
older stepbrother
stepdaughter / CL: 個|个,
older stepsister
to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
later / afterwards
step-parents
stepfamily / (old) stepmother / to marry
to succeed on the throne
second wife (of a widower)
to follow in the steps of
to take up sb's mantle / to follow in sb's steps
to follow in the steps of one's predecessor
Xu Jiyu (1795–1873), Chinese geographer
stepchildren / adopted children


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