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薪火相传

xīn huǒ xiāng chuán

4-character word Traditional 薪火相傳

What 薪火相传 means

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

The characters in 薪火相传

• 薪xīn(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition
• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit

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