继承衣钵

to take up sb's mantle / to follow in sb's steps

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

to inherit / to succeed to (the throne etc) / to carry on (a tradition etc)

surname Cheng / Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God

to bear / to carry / to hold / to continue / to undertake / to take charge / owing to / due to / to receive

clothes / CL:件[jian4] / Kangxi radical 145

to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes)

the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle

small earthenware plate or basin / a monk's alms bowl / Sanskrit paatra

variant of 缽|钵[bo1]