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外传

wài chuán

2-character word Traditional 外傳

What 外传 means

1. to tell others (a secret)
2. to divulge to an outsider
3. to be rumored

Other readings

外传 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• wài zhuànunofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)

The characters in 外传

• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit

Example sentences

• 中国古代没有猫，现在我们所熟悉的猫其实是很晚才由国外传入中国的。
  Zhōngguó gǔdài méiyǒu māo, xiànzài wǒmen suǒ shúxī de māo qíshí shì hěn wǎn cái yóu guówài chuánrù Zhōngguó de.
  In ancient China there were no cats; the cat that we are familiar with today was not imported into China from abroad until much later.

Words containing 外传

• 圣经外传Shèng jīng Wài zhuànApocrypha; biography external to the classics
• 家丑不可外传jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuánlit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom)…