The meaning of this sentence is obvious. If we want a family to develop, we need long-term efforts and the efforts of each generation. But if we want to lose this family, it is enough for one generation to do nothing.

The prosperity of a family and the development of a family need the efforts of generation after generation. Because each generation is stronger than the next, this family can indeed have the advantage of development and gradually prosper, but the excellent process is always not so easy. Just like climbing a mountain, every step takes a lot of effort. Therefore, the prosperity of a family needs the efforts of generations, but the process of such efforts is very long. Just like picking soil with a needle, this is almost a difficult project to achieve.

The downfall of a family, the decline of a family, may only need one person to fix it, because there is a saying in our folk that a mouse excrement has broken a pot of porridge, which is entirely possible, because the efforts of several generations of a family may have participated in the current family, with a house and a car and a certain social status, but as long as there is one person, he can't make positive development, but depends on the family. Then this family will soon be destroyed, because the efforts of the ancestors are ancestors after all, and the seniors are old and have lost their ability to work hard. The younger generation has the greatest influence on this family.

If we want our families to become more and more prosperous and our future generations to become better and better, we should start with education instead of beating and cursing. We should set an example, let the families behind know what we can and can't do, and let the efforts of generation after generation make the family better.