to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
trad. 後繼無人
Also written 後繼無人【hòu jì wú rén】
Characters in this word
4后
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surname Hou
- Pinyin
- Hòu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 233 of 2500
继
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to continue, to follow after, to go on with, to succeed, to inherit, then, afterwards
- Pinyin
- jì
- Traditional
- 繼
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 30911 of 2500
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500