Definition & Meaning

preserve and hand down on (to descendants generations/later generations); preserve and pass on (to descendants/later generations); leave something to posterity

Word usage

Words with liú chuan

liú chuán

留 传

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v.preserve and hand down on (to descendants generations/later generations); preserve and pass on (to descendants/later generations); leave something to posterity
- zǔ bèi liú chuán de mì fāng
  祖辈留传的秘方
  secret recipe inherited from one's ancestors
- zhè zài wǒ men tuán li yī zhí bèi dàng chéng xiào hua liú chuán
  这在我们团里一直被当成笑话留传。
  It has been a standing joke within the regiment.

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Note
"留传" is different from "流传". "留传" only refers to the forward-to-backward transmission in time; "流传" refers to both the forward-to-backward transmission in time and the spreading of space.

Chinese words with pinyin liú chuan

liú chuán流传hand down

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