薪火相傳 — xin1 huo3 xiang1 chuan2 — Chinese Dictionary

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Definitions4 characters

xin¹ huo³ xiang¹ chuan²

lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom)/fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another

Usage•••frequent

Pronunciations

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As word

1

xin¹

lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom)/fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another

2

huo³

lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom)/fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another

3

xiang¹

lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom)/fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another

4

chuan²

lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom)/fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another