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| Processed by: | richwarm (2019-09-02 05:02:34 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 64557 - submitted by 'sl89' >> * In the first sense, Wenlin says “for several generations” but I think 单传 can refer to any just one generation or any number of generations (一代只有一个儿子), in many examples it refers to the current generation. * In the second sense, there is a very significant difference in the C-E dictionaries' definitions and the monolingual ones: for the C-E dictionaries 单 refers to the disciple, a master takes a single disciple, the disciple may learn more than one master; for the Chinese dictionaries 单 refers to the master, a student learns from a single master, making his skill more "pure" in the sense that is not influenced by other styles or schools. In this case a master may possibly have more than one student. [...] -------------------------- Editor: Some other C-E definitions ~ New Age: learn or derive (one's skill, etc.) from one master or school alone : 梅派單傳 be of the pure Mei Lanfang school New Century: pass on a skill from one single master Oxford Chinese Dictionary: pass on a skill from one single master (Oxford is basically a trimmed-down version of New Century) |
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# 單傳 单传 [dan1 chuan2] /to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan, etc)/to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art, etc)/ |