相傳

See also: 相传

Chinese

each other; appearance; portrait
each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
 
to pass on; to spread; to transmit
to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography
 
trad. (相傳)
simp. (相传)

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相傳

  1. it is said that; tradition has it that; according to legend
  2. to hand down or pass down from one to another
    • 相傳至今中國聖王不能異事封建器械精妙制度一定可以蠻夷 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
      From: 『順菴先生文集』by An Jeongbok, 1748
      일성상전() 지금불이() 시중국성왕지소불능자(어늘) 성위이사() 이봉건지법능행언() 차기기계지정묘() 제도지일정() 즉 불가이만이홀지야(니라).
      Il seong sangjeon[-haya] jigeum bur i[-neun] si Jungguk seongwang ji so bulneung ja[-ieoneul] seong wi isa[-ra]. I bonggeon ji beop neung haeng eon[-iyo] cha gi gigye ji jeongmyeo[-myeo] jedo ji iljeong[-eun] jeuk bul gai mani hol ji ya[-inira].
      [Sino-Korean]
      Passing [the throne] down a single lineage, without any break up to today, is something not even the sage-kings of China could do; it is strange indeed [that the Japanese have achieved this]. And the laws of fengjian are well-enacted there; furthermore, one cannot ignore the intricacies of their machinery and the regularity of their systems simply because they are barbarians.

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