失传

shīchuán

not be handed down from past generations; be lost

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be lost

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be lost

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shī chuán

v. be lost

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shi1 chuan2

not transmitted, no longer extant, lost in transmission

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失传

shī chuán

fail to be handed down from past generations; be lost:

一种失传的艺术 a lost art;

这种技艺已在世上失传。 The art was lost to the world.

我国有些古代科学著作已经失传。 Some scientific books of ancient China have been lost.

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失傳|失传 [shī chuán] ► not transmitted ► no longer extant ► lost in transmission