to continue / to follow after / to go on with / to succeed / to inherit / then / afterwards

= + + : Joan of Arc (ji) has to watch how a sack of rice (米) falls on the silk worm (纟) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and squeezes the silk worm to death. Joan of Arc, while burying the silk worm with a shovel (乚) under a heap of rice, swears to continue (继) the silk worm's work. She will take over the silk worm's jacket and earthenware bowl (继) and continue (继) its work to build the ultimate cocoon.

繼 character breakdown

The character 繼 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 繼 as component

繼 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 繼

night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
in succession / following closely
to relay / to repeat
adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son) / to inherit
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave
to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City (2002-2008)
see 後繼無人|后继无人[hou4 ji4 wu2 ren2]
to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
Xu Jiyu (1795-1873), Chinese geographer
Qi Jiguang (1528-1588), military leader
to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day
to become adopted as heir

Sentences with 繼

繼 currently does not appear in any sentence.