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流传

liú chuán

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

流传 (liú chuán) means "to circulate, spread (over generations)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 流传 means

1. to spread; to circulate; to hand down

The characters in 流传

• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit

Example sentences

• 说话就如过眼云烟，文字却能流传千古。
  Shuōhuà jiù rú guòyǎnyúnyān, wénzì què néng liúchuán qiāngǔ.
  Words fly, texts remain.
• 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.
• 学生中流传着一个传言，说这位老师会让所有学生考试不及格。
  Among the students there's a rumor that this teacher fails everyone on their exams.
• 这次大选创造了多项第一，也诞生了很多将世代流传的故事。但是今天晚上令我难忘的却是在亚特兰大投票的一名妇女：安-尼克松-库波尔。她和其他数百万排队等待投票的选民没有什么差别，除了一点：她已是106岁的高龄。
  Zhè cì dàxuǎn chuàngzào le duō xiàng dìyī, yě dànshēng le hěn duō jiāng shìdài liúchuán de gùshi. dànshì jīntiān wǎnshang lìng wǒ nánwàng de quèshì zài Yàtèlándà tóupiào de yī míng fùnǚ: ān - Níkèsōng - kù bō ěr. tā hé qítā shùbǎiwàn páiduì děngdài tóupiào de xuǎnmín méiyǒushénme chābié, chúle yīdiǎn: tā yǐ shì 106 suì de gāolíng.
  This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election, except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
• 这次大选创造了多项第一，也诞生了很多将世代流传的故事。但是今天晚上令我难忘的却是在亚特兰大投票的一名妇女：安-尼克松-库波尔。她和其他数百万排队等待投票的选民没有什幺差别，除了一点：她已是106岁的高龄。
  This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election, except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

Words containing 流传

• 口碑流传kǒu bēi liú chuánwidely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
• 谬种流传miù zhǒng liú chuánto pass on errors or lies (idiom); the propagation of misconceptions

Sounds the same

Read liú chuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 留传to bequeath (to later generations); a legacy

Where 流传 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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