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/ xiāngchuán /

Strokes

Definition

to pass on/to hand down/tradition has it that .../according to legend

As a Verb

tradition/legend has it that...; according to legend

Xiāngchuán

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zhè

这

duàn

段

shì

事

fāshēng

发生

zài

在

jībǎi

几百

nián

年

qián

前

。

Tradition has it that the event took place hundreds of years ago.

Kǒukǒuxiāngchuán

口口相传

spread from mouth to mouth

Kǒuěrxiāngchuán

口耳相传

spread by teaching orally

As a Verb

hand down or pass on from one to another

Yīmàixiāngchuán

一脉相传

(of lineage, philosophy, etc) derive from the same origin

Shìdàixiāngchuán

世代相传

pass on from generation to generation