繼往開來

to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages

to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous

old variant of 往[wang3]

to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next

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

to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format