薪火相传 — Chinese idiom
薪火相传
xīn huǒ xiāng chuán
Traditional: 薪火相傳
Meaning
- lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest
- fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another
Character by character
- 薪xīnfuel, firewood; salary
- 火huǒfire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 传chuánto pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
Idioms sharing a character
- 厝火积薪 cuò huǒ jī xīn
- 抱薪救火 bào xīn jiù huǒ
- 曲突徙薪 qū tū xǐ xīn
- 杯水车薪 bēi shuǐ chē xīn
- 卧薪尝胆 wò xīn cháng dǎn
- 干柴烈火 gān chái liè huǒ
- 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi
- 大动肝火 dà dòng gān huǒ
- 如火如荼 rú huǒ rú tú
- 后院起火 hòu yuàn qǐ huǒ
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