- come down in one (continuous) line; a direct line of succession; be traced to the same origin; be a true disciple of; be imbued with the same spirit; form a direct line of succession; in the same strain; master-disciple tutorship in certain arts [crafts]; run in a single [continuous] line:
Colonialism and neocolonialism are in the same strain.
新老殖民主义是一脉相传的。