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失传

shī chuán

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 失傳

失传 (shī chuán) means "(of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 失传 means

1. (of skills etc) to die out
2. lost
3. extinct

The characters in 失传

• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit

Example sentences

• 几近失传的中华礼仪用语。
  Nearly lost Chinese etiquette terms.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shī chuán correctly.
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