相承

xiāngchéng
to complement one another

CEDICT

  1. (formal) to pass on from one to the next
  2. to pass on from one to the next

Wiktionary

依次接連相續。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 相 xiāng
  1. each other
  2. one another
  3. mutually
  4. fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 pípa (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品 pǐn)
2 承 chéng
  1. to bear
  2. to carry
  3. to hold
  4. to continue
  5. to undertake
  6. to take charge
  7. owing to
  8. due to
  9. to receive

Containing this entry

一脈相承 yīmàixiāngchéng traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)

Related entries

相輔相成 xiāngfǔxiāngchéng (idiom) to complement one another