外传

to tell others (a secret) / to divulge to an outsider / to be rumored
unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)

Characters and words in 外传

outside / in addition / foreign / external

= + : There's a hole in the wall of the airplane's bathroom (ai4), and from outside (外), a bat (夕) wants to enter. Willy Walrus (w) is very afraid of bats, so he does his best to hinder the bat from entering with a voodoo staff (卜).
to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)

= + : Rosa Luxemburg volunteered to take part in an experiment conducted by the scientist just inside of the anthill. The scientist wants to find out how fast a chickenpox infection will be transmitted from Chantal Chicken to Rosa Luxemburg.
biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station

Words with 外传

Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
Apocrypha / biography external to the classics
lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public

Sentences with 外传

外传 currently does not appear in any sentence.