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CHINESE WORD

shī chuán

失传

lost

Numbered pinyin
shi1 chuan2
English meanings
(of skills etc) to die out, lost, extinct

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    jìyì技艺shīchuán失传。

    The skill was lost.

  2. 02

    fángzhǐ防止shīchuán失传。

    Prevent it from being lost.

  3. 03

    chuánchéng传承bǎohù保护。

    Preserve and pass on.

  4. 04

    xīn薪huǒ火xiāngchuán相传。

    Pass the torch.

  5. 05

    hòu后jì继yǒurén有人。

    Has successors.

  6. 06

    fāyángguāngdà发扬光大。

    Carry forward.

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