代代相传

代代相傳

dàidài-xiāngchuán

idiom #22,860

Meanings

这门手艺代代相传，已有数百年历史。

Zhè mén shǒuyì dàidàixiāngchuán, yǐ yǒu shùbǎi nián lìshǐ.

This craft has been passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years.

他们的文化传统代代相传，从未中断。

Tāmen de wénhuà chuántǒng dàidàixiāngchuán, cóngwèi zhōngduàn.

Their cultural traditions have been handed down through generations without interruption.

memory

Think: 代 (generation) + 代 (generation) + 相传 (passed to each other) — each generation passes it to the next.

代 dài

相 xiāng

传 chuán