興滅繼絕

lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom) / fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten

to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)

feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement

to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown

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

to cut short / extinct / to disappear / to vanish / absolutely / by no means