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

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 pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance

to fawn on; to flatter; to ingratiate oneself; flattery

to confess; to admit; to come clean; calmly

to study under; to be a disciple of; lineage of instruction

to agree (to do sth); to promise

to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)

to support; to bear the weight of (a building)

to complement one another

variant of 秉承[bing3 cheng2]

to take orders; to receive commands; to carry on (a tradition)

(mechanical) bearing

main bearing

traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)

roller bearing

ball bearing

to promise readily

to fawn upon sb in every possible way

flattering and fawning (idiom); sweet-talking