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传说

chuán shuō

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 傳說

传说 (chuán shuō) means "legend; folk tale". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 传说 means

1. legend; folk tale
2. to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...

The characters in 传说

• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit
• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off

Example sentences

• 传说彭祖是天帝的孙子。
  Chuánshuō Péng Zǔ shì Tiāndì de sūnzi.
  It is said that Peng Zu was the grandson of a celestial emperor.
• 神话和传说应该一代一代的传承下去。
  Shénhuà hé chuánshuō yīnggāi yīdài yīdài de chuánchéng xiàqù.
  Myths and legends should be handed down from generation to generation.
• 玲奶奶死的不瞑目。流传说那栋房子至今未人敢入住。
  Grandma Ling died with unfinished business. It is said that to this day no one has dared to live in that house.
• 十二生肖是由十一种源于自然界的动物即鼠、牛、虎、兔、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪以及传说中的龙组成的，用于纪年。
  Shí'èr shēngxiào shì yóu shíyī zhǒng yuányú zìránjiè de dòngwù jí shǔ, niú, hǔ, tù, shé, mǎ, yáng, hóu, jī, gǒu, zhū yǐjí chuánshuō zhōng de lóng zǔchéng de, yòng yú jìnián.
  The twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac come from eleven kinds of animals originating in nature, namely the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, horse, snake, monkey, rooster, dog and pig, as well as the legendary form of the dragon, and are used as a calendar.

Words containing 传说

• 民间传说mín jiān chuán shuōpopular tradition; folk legend
• 都市传说dū shì chuán shuōurban legend; urban myth

Where 传说 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Media, Broadcasting & Culture Spread (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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