| | to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity) | HSK 3 |
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| | to disseminate / to give publicity to / propaganda / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | heredity / to inherit (a trait) / to pass on (to one's offspring) | HSK 4 |
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| | to spread / to circulate / to hand down | HSK 4 |
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| | biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station | HSK 7-9 |
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| | passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to pass on / to hand down / tradition has it that ... / according to legend | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct | HSK 7-9 |
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| | historical biography | |
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| | to send information using electronic means (such as fax, telegram, telex etc) / a message transmitted using electronic means / telex / teleprinter | |
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| | to upload | |
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| | Yi Zhuan, commentary on the "Book of Changes" or "I Ching" 易經|易经 | |
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| | to tell others (a secret) / to divulge to an outsider / to be rumored | |
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| | unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography) | |
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| | Acts of the Apostles (New Testament) | |
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| | passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down | |
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| | autobiography | |
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| | sketch biography / profile | |
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| | The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅 | |
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| | Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature | |
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| | passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down | |
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| | handed down in a family / family traditions | |
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| | family history (as a literary genre) | |
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| | (idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved | |
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| | (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another, abbr. for 薪盡火傳|薪尽火传 | |
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| | it is rumored that ... / it is reported that ... | |
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| | to propagate | |
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| | rumor | |
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| | (lit.) name not encountered in the classics / unknown (person) / nobody | |
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| | to return to the topic (idiom) / to get back to the main point | |
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| | lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) / fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another | |
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| | biography recounting apocryphal anecdotes and rumors / (old) book of exegesis of a classic | |
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| | classic work (esp. Confucian classics) | |
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| | to bequeath (to later generations) / a legacy | |
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| | The Gallant Maid, novel by Manchu-born Qing dynasty writer 文康 | |
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| | to convey in words | |
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| | Guliang Annals, commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋, first published during the Han Dynasty | |
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| | supplementary biography | |
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| | to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc) / to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc) | |
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| | it is rumored that | |
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| | to record sb's achievements in writing / to write a biography enhancing the subject's image | |
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| | relay post-horse mail service (in former times) | |
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| | to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc | |
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| | short pass (in ball game) | |
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| | victory reports pour in (idiom); news of success in an endless stream | |
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| | unfounded rumor / to pass on a mistaken belief to others | |
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| | to convey orally; to pass on by word of mouth (instructions, information, stories etc) | |
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| | authentic tradition / handed-down teachings or techniques | |
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| | historical biography | |
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| | story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties | |
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| | handed down in a direct line from the founder | |
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| | Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 | |
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| | Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋, early history, probably written by multiple authors during Han dynasty, same as 公羊春秋 | |
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| | Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简 along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot | |
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| | Tale of the White Snake / Madame White Snake | |
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| | not found in the classics (idiom); unknown / unfounded / not authoritative | |
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| | can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle | |
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| | The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆, long novel of lower life in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular / translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang | |
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| | Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋, early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 | |
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| | main subject of long novel / true biography | |
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| | to pass on errors or lies (idiom); the propagation of misconceptions | |
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| | lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts | |
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| | Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia ( 武俠|武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations | |
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| | lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom) / to monumentalize / to glorify / to sing the praises of | |
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| | Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋, including Mr Gongyang's annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传 and Mr Zuo's annals or Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 | |
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| | to spread like wildfire; to go viral | |
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| | "The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞 | |
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| | subpoena / to summon (for questioning) | |
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| | (of video clips, rumors etc) to circulate on the Internet | |
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| | narrative of long journey / campaign record | |
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| | sequel | |
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| | The Wolf of Zhongshan, fable by Ma Zhongxi 馬中錫|马中锡 | |
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| | simultaneous interpretation (abbr. for 同聲傳譯|同声传译) | |
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| | history and biography | |
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| | forward pass (sport) | |
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| | prequel | |
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| | widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation | |
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| | can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle | |
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| | lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public | |
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| | advertising; publicity; promotion | |
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| | Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature / also written 水滸傳|水浒传 | |
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| | Water Margin Sequel, by Chen Chen 陳忱|陈忱 | |
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| | Biographic History of Qing Dynasty by a succession of authors, published 1928 and revised 1987, with biographies of 2,900 notable Qing commoner citizens, 80 scrolls | |
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| | widely spread / widely rumored / stories abound / (sb's exploits are) widely circulated | |
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| | Apocrypha / biography external to the classics | |
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| | impossible to put into words / inexpressible | |
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| | Forrest Gump | |
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