Commentary: The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves before, and each wave is higher than the other. The new people in the world are changing in the footsteps of their predecessors from generation to generation!
The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and each generation is stronger than the next.
Explanation: Talented people have come forth in large numbers throughout the ages, and later generations can always surpass their predecessors, just as the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves before them.
The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves before, and the new people in the world change the old ones. Excerpt from the fourteenth time as the saying goes.
Description: It is a metaphor that new things replace old things and one generation replaces another.
New bamboo is taller than old bamboo, and their growth is supported by old branches. Hsinchu in Zheng Xie in Qing Dynasty.
Description: Hsinchu can surpass the old bamboo because of its birth and nourishment.
Ice is born in water, more water-cooled, more gentlemanly than students; Shine is better than orchid, that is to say, disciple is better than master. Excerpted from "Kindergarten Qionglin Volume Two Teachers and Students"
Interpretation: Metaphorically, students' qualifications surpass teachers; Describe that the talent of a disciple is better than that of a teacher.