后代 後代 hòu dài descendant / progeny / posterity / later ages / later generations syn 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn 爷们 爺們 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc syn 世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age syn 有序 yǒu xù regular / orderly / successive / in order syn 前世 qián shì previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism) syn 传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance syn 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn 后世 後世 hòu shì later generations syn 上辈子 上輩子 shàng bèi zi one's ancestors / past generations / a former incarnation syn 流芳百世 liú fāng bǎi shì (of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom) / to leave a mark for generations to come syn 历任 歷任 lì rèn (of one person) to hold the successive posts of / (of several persons) the successive (presidents etc) 连年 連年 lián nián successive years / over many years syn 祖祖辈辈 祖祖輩輩 zǔ zǔ bèi bèi for generations / from generation to generation syn 承平 chéng píng (successive periods of) peace and prosperity / peaceful syn 亲子 親子 qīn zǐ parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations 三代 sān dài three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) 历次 歷次 lì cì each (item in sequence) / successive syn 传家 傳家 chuán jiā to pass on through the generations 留传 留傳 liú chuán to bequeath (to later generations) / a legacy 后生可畏 後生可畏 hòu shēng kě wèi the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time syn 守业 守業 shǒu yè to preserve one's heritage / to defend the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work / to keep one's business going 连缀 連綴 lián zhuì to put together / linking / successive / a cluster syn 辈 輩 bèi lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people syn 世世代代 shì shì dài dài for many generations syn 以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom) / let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan) 嬗 shàn (literary) to go through successive changes / to evolve 世代交替 shì dài jiāo tì alternation of generations 光前裕后 光前裕後 guāng qián yù hòu to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom) syn 当代人对后代人的责任宣言 當代人對後代人的責任宣言 Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations towards Future Generations 兵连祸结 兵連禍結 bīng lián huò jié ravaged by successive wars / war-torn / war-ridden syn 洊 jiàn flowing water / successive 回归年 回歸年 huí guī nián the solar year / the year defined as the period between successive equinoxes 张廷玉 張廷玉 zhāng tíng yù Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3] 历朝通俗演义 歷朝通俗演義 lì cháo tōng sú yǎn yì Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩 逐次近似 zhú cì jìn sì successive approximate values (idiom) 连宵 連宵 lián xiāo the same night / that very night / successive nights 连续犯 連續犯 lián xù fàn successive offenses / serial crime 递嬗 遞嬗 dì shàn (literary) to go through successive changes / to evolve 连续生育间隔 連續生育間隔 intervals between successive births 连接国际河流 連接國際河流 lián jiē guó jì hé liú successive international river 化学攻击事件后续报告 化學攻擊事件后續報告 huà xué gōng jī shì jiàn hòu xù bào gào chemical successive report / NBC Chem 2 下辈 下輩 xià bèi offspring / future generations / younger generation of a family / junior members of a group syn 三代同堂 sān dài tóng táng three generations under one roof 同堂 tóng táng to live under the same roof (of different generations) 四世同堂 sì shì tóng táng four generations under one roof (idiom) 守成 shǒu chéng to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work of one's predecessors 有子存焉 yǒu zǐ cún yān I still have sons, don't I? / fig. future generations will continue the work 留芳千古 liú fāng qiān gǔ a good reputation to last down the generations 留芳百世 liú fāng bǎi shì a good reputation to last a hundred generations 积祖 積祖 jī zǔ many generations of ancestors 贻燕 貽燕 yí yàn to leave peace for the future generations 贻范古今 貽範古今 yí fàn gǔ jīn to leave an example for all generations 富不过三代 富不過三代 fù bù guò sān dài wealth never survives three generations (idiom) 让子孙后代生活更美好阿姆斯特丹宣言 Amsterdam Declaration on a Better Life for Future Generations 被偷世代 bèi tōu shì dài stolen generations 未来世代权利基金会 未來世代權利基金會 Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations 国家为今世后代保护自然的历史责任 國家為今世後代保護自然的歷史責任 Historical responsibility of States for the preservation of nature for present and future generations 全球各代人会议 全球各代人會議 Global Meeting of Generations 子孙后代权利宣言 子孫後代權利宣言 Bill of Rights for Future Generations 欧洲老年人和各代间团结年 歐洲老年人和各代間團結年 European Year of Older People and Solidarity between Generations 三族 sān zú (old) three generations (father, self and sons) / three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's) 儿孙自有儿孙福 兒孫自有兒孫福 ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom) 世袭罔替 世襲罔替 shì xí - wǎng tì (of a position or title) to be passed down unaltered through generations within a family 绵绵瓜瓞 綿綿瓜瓞 mián mián - guā dié lit. (of a melon vine) laden with melons of all sizes (idiom) / fig. (of descendants) to thrive and prosper for generations 铁帽子王 鐵帽子王 tiě mào zi wáng iron-cap prince in the Qing dynasty whose title can be passed on to subsequent generations without alteration 垂范 垂範 chuí fàn (literary) to set a shining example (for one's subordinates or future generations) syn 