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传说 (chuán shuō) – legend

chuán shuō

legend

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 傳說2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1legend; folk tale
  2. 2to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...

Simplified & traditional

传说

Simplified

傳說

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 传说彭祖是天帝的孙子。

    chuán shuō péng zǔ shì tiān dì de sūn zi 。

    It is said that Peng Zu was the grandson of a celestial emperor.

  • 玲奶奶死的不瞑目。流传说那栋房子至今未人敢入住。

    líng nǎi nai sǐ de bù míng mù 。 liú chuán shuō nà dòng fáng zi zhì jīn wèi rén gǎn rù zhù 。

    Grandma Ling died with unfinished business. It is said that to this day no one has dared to live in that house.

Related words

说

shuì

to persuade

传

chuán

to pass on

说话

shuō huà

to speak

传真

chuán zhēn

fax

说明

shuō míng

to explain

小说

xiǎo shuō

novel

传播

chuán bō

to disseminate

传递

chuán dì

to transmit

传染

chuán rǎn

to infect

传统

chuán tǒng

tradition

胡说

hú shuō

to talk nonsense

据说

jù shuō

it is said that

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