filial and virtuous descendants; inheritors of a tradition
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
filial and virtuous descendants; dutiful offspring
Often used metaphorically to refer to inheritors of a tradition, cause, or family line. Can carry positive connotations (worthy successors) or occasionally ironic ones (blind followers of negative traditions), depending on context.
Tā他
shì是
zhè这
ge个
jiā家
zú族
de的
xiào孝
zǐ子
xián贤
sūn孙
，
shì世
dài代
chuán传
chéng承
zǔ祖
xùn训
。
He is a filial and virtuous descendant of this family, passing down the ancestral teachings through generations.
Zhè这
xiē些
nián年
qīng轻
de的
kē科
xué学
jiā家
shì是
zǔ祖
guó国
kē科
jì技
shì事
yè业
de的
xiào孝
zǐ子
xián贤
sūn孙
。
These young scientists are the worthy inheritors of the nation's scientific and technological cause.
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Wǒ我
men们
yào要
zuò做
gé革
mìng命
shì事
yè业
de的
xiào孝
zǐ子
xián贤
sūn孙
，
jì继
chéng承
xiān先
bèi辈
de的
yí遗
zhì志
。
We must be the faithful successors to the revolutionary cause, inheriting the unfulfilled wishes of our predecessors.