薪盡火傳

Chinese

		fuel; salary	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	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. (薪盡火傳)		薪	盡	火	傳
simp. (薪尽火传)		薪	尽	火	传

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnjìnhuǒchuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ zeon⁶ fo² cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnjìnhuǒchuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinjìnhuǒchuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chin⁴-huo³-chʻuan²
    • Yale: syīn-jìn-hwǒ-chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinjinnhuoochwan
    • Palladius: синьцзиньхочуань (sinʹczinʹxočuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ zeon⁶ fo² cyun⁴
    • Yale: sān jeuhn fó chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ dzoen⁶ fo² tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ zên⁶ fo² qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sɵn²² fɔː³⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/

Idiom

薪盡火傳

1. knowledge or a skill is passed on from generation to generation (from teacher to student)

Synonyms

• 薪傳／薪传 (xīnchuán)
• 薪火相傳／薪火相传 (xīnhuǒxiāngchuán)