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


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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