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to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking

后继无人
hòu jì wú rén
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Synonyms
lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop · temporary deficit in manpower or resources · unable to make ends meet青黄不接qīng huáng bù jiēto die without progeny · (offensive) may you die childless · may you be the last of your family line断子绝孙duàn zǐ jué sūnunworthy descendants不肖子孙bù xiào zǐ sūn
Antonyms
(idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking后继有人hòu jì yǒu rén