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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞
傳統 word · TOCFL 3 (est.)
傳統 =
ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄥˇ · chuántǒng
noun — tradition; heritage; convention; what is handed down

字源 FORM — what the parts do

to transmit, to pass on (傳遞的傳)chuán亻(person) + 專(zhuān, to focus; phonetic) — passed from person to person; 專 gives the sound
to unite, lineage, system (統一的統)tǒng糸(silk thread) + 充(chōng, to fill; phonetic) — the thread that runs through and binds; 充 gives a rough sound
傳統,傳遞的傳,統一的統。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

糸線(中的糸)穿過一代又一代(),一頭到另一頭都接上了——那條接不斷的線就叫
Thread (糸 in 統) running hand to hand through every generation (傳) — the line that never breaks is tradition.
記憶法
關 · Related
習俗xísúcustom, practice — what looks like in daily life文化wénhuàculture — the larger context that belongs to