| 薪火相传 |
xīn huǒ xiāng chuán |
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 |
| 薪 |
xīn |
(literary) firewood; fuel / (bound form) salary |
| 火 |
Huǒ |
surname Huo |
| 火 |
huǒ |
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 |
| 相 |
Xiāng |
surname Xiang |
| 相 |
xiāng |
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品) |
| 相 |
xiàng |
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |
| 相传 |
xiāng chuán |
to pass on / to hand down / tradition has it that ... / according to legend |
| 传 |
chuán |
to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity) |
| 传 |
zhuàn |
biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station |