薪尽火传 xīn jìn huǒ chuán

DEFINITIONS

  1. see 薪火相傳|薪火相传[xin1 huo3 xiang1 chuan2]

CHARACTERS

薪 xīn fuel, firewood; salary
尽 jìn exhaust, use up; deplete
火 huǒ fire, flame; burn; anger, rage
传 chuán summon; propagate, transmit