前人栽树，后人乘凉
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- 1. to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
Child Words of 前人栽树，后人乘凉
to ride
(archaic) four horse military chariot
person; people
front
empress
to plant; to grow
tree
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[nán liáng] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
to let sth cool down
to cool off in the shade
predecessor