世代相传 — Chinese idiom
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
Traditional: 世代相傳
Meaning
- passed on from generation to generation ; to hand down
Character by character
- 世shìgeneration, era, age; world
- 代dàiera, generation; to substitute for, to replace
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 传chuánto pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
Idioms sharing a character
- 一生一世 yī shēng yī shì
- 不可一世 bù kě yī shì
- 世态炎凉 shì tài yán liáng
- 世风日下 shì fēng rì xià
- 公之于世 gōng zhī yú shì
- 公诸于世 gōng zhū yú shì
- 前世姻缘 qián shì yīn yuán
- 四世同堂 sì shì tóng táng
- 太平盛世 tài píng shèng shì
- 孤独于世 gū dú yú shì
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