薪火相传 / 薪火相傳

xīn huǒ xiāng chuán

Meaning

• literally the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom)
• figuratively (of knowledge, skill and so on) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another

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