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薪火相传
xīn huǒ xiāng chuán
What 薪火相传 means
- lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom)
- 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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