【肯堂肯构】

• 发音: kěn táng kěn gòu
• 解释: 堂：立堂基；构：盖屋。原意是儿子连房屋的地基都不肯做，哪里还谈得上肯盖房子。后反其意而用之，比喻儿子能继承父亲的事业。
• 出处: 《尚书·大诰》：“以作室喻治政也。父已致法，子乃不肯为堂基，况肯构主屋乎？”
• 翻译: 【carry on the unfinished work of one's father; willing to put on the roof as well as to build; a son's willingness to carry on his father's profession】