薪火相传 xīn huǒ xiāng chuán

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom)
  2. fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another

CHARACTERS

薪 xīn
HSK 6
fuel, firewood; salary
火 huǒ
HSK 2
fire, flame; burn; anger, rage
相 xiāng
HSK 3
mutual, reciprocal, each other
传 chuán
HSK 4
summon; propagate, transmit