shī​chuán HSK7

to be lost forever

  • created sense approved 失传/失傳 · shī​chuán · to be lost forever — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    失传 / 失傳

    shī​chuán

    to be lost forever

    (of knowledge, heritage, or skills) to fail to be passed down; to die out or become extinct

    失 (literal) → 失 · shī · to lose 传 (literal) → 传/傳 · chuán · to pass on

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense