xīn​chuán

to pass on knowledge

  • created reference approved 薪传/薪傳 → 薪尽火传/薪盡火傳 (abbreviation) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    薪传 / 薪傳 xīn​chuán

    薪尽火传 / 薪盡火傳 xīn​jìn​huǒ​chuán

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  • created reference approved 薪传/薪傳 → 传薪/傳薪 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    薪传 / 薪傳 xīn​chuán

    传薪 / 傳薪 chuán​xīn

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  • created sense approved 薪传/薪傳 · xīn​chuán · to pass on knowledge — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    薪传 / 薪傳

    xīn​chuán

    to pass on knowledge

    to pass down knowledge, skills, or culture from teacher to student through the generations; short for [[薪尽火传|薪盡火傳|xin1 jin4 huo3 chuan2]]

    薪 (literal) → 薪 · xīn · firewood 传 (literal) → 传/傳 · chuán · to pass on

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

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