相传
Characters and words in 相传
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
相
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木
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目
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Mnemonic symbol: I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Xi Shi (xi) portrays (相) an ent (相) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree (木). The Eye of Providence (目) enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait (相).
to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)
biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station
Words with 相传
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
Sentences with 相传
相传 currently does not appear in any sentence.