Daily Chinese Idiom Guessing Game
To inherit the past and usher in the future; to serve as a link between past and future generations.
承承接;启开创。承接前面的,开创后来的。指继承前人事业,为后人开辟道路。
明·朱国祯《涌幢小品·曾有萩赠文》公承前草创,启后规模,此之功德,垂之永久。”
As the new CEO, she saw her role as carrying forward the company's legacy while driving innovation—a classic 承前启后 position.