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传说

chuán shuō · chuan shuo

Traditional 傳說

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. legend; folk tale
  2. to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
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The hundred-year teahouse

  1. Dengdeng

    传说(chuánshuō)这家(zhèjiā)茶馆(cháguǎn)有(yǒu)一百年(yībǎinián)了(le)。

    They say this teahouse is a hundred years old.

  2. Liangliang

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？

    Really?

  3. Dengdeng

    传说(chuánshuō)而已(éryǐ)。传说(chuánshuō)喝(hē)这里(zhèlǐ)的(de)茶(chá)会(huì)变(biàn)聪明(cōngming)。

    Just a legend. They say the tea here makes you clever.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)我(wǒ)喝(hē)三杯(sānbēi)！

    Then I will have three cups!

  5. Dengdeng

    传说(chuánshuō)也(yě)有人(yǒurén)喝(hē)了(le)三杯(sānbēi)，一晚上(yīwǎnshang)没(méi)睡(shuì)。

    They also say someone had three cups and did not sleep all night.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

传(chuán)说(shuō)彭(péng)祖(zǔ)是(shì)天(tiān)帝(dì)的(de)孙(sūn)子(zi)。

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

Tatoeba: Chinese by weihaiping · English by newkome · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)传(chuán)说(shuō)在(zài)当(dāng)地(dì)流(liú)传(chuán)了(le)几(jǐ)百(bǎi)年(nián)。

This legend has circulated locally for hundreds of years.

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传
chuán

to pass on; to spread

说
shuō

to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment

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