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繼嗣

简继嗣 · 繁繼嗣

Mandarin · pinyin jì sì

to continue
to continue a family line
posterity
heir

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嗣: sì · to connect, inherit; descendants, heirs
继: jì · continue, maintain, carry on

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4–4 · ji4 si4

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gai3 zi6

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verb

(literary) to continue; to carry on
(literary) to carry on one's ancestral line

noun

(literary) descendant; progeny
(literary, specifically) successor to the throne

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