[chuán]
[动]
（由一方交给另一方） pass; pass on
The right wing passed the ball to the centre forward.
右边锋把球传给中锋。
Read this and pass it on to Mr. Wang.
请阅读并传给王先生。
On Friday evening he passed this word along.
星期五晚上他传来了这句话。
（由上代交给下代） hand down; bequeath; pass from ...to...
a secret recipe handed down in the family
家传秘方
a sword bequeathed to the family by their forefathers
祖传宝剑
One age bequeaths its civilization to the next.
前一代将其文明传给后一代。
We cannot always observe the traditions handed down to us from the past.
我们不能永远遵守过去传下来的传统。
These customs have been handed down through the ages.
这些风俗是世世代代传下来的。
（传授） pass on (knowledge, skill, etc.); impart; teach
The old man passed on his knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine to the younger generation.
老中医把自己的医术传给年轻一代。
The old workers instruct the young workers not only in words but in deeds.
老工人对青年工人不仅言传而且身教。
（传播） spread
become a favorite tale
传为佳话
Ill news spreads everywhere.; Ill news circulates rapidly.; Ill news goes far off.
恶事传千里。
The news spread quickly.; The news soon got around.
消息很快传开了。
（传导） transmit; conduct; transfer
transmit heat
传热
Metals conduct electricity.
金属传电。
（表达） convey; express
flash amorous glances
眉目传情
（发出命令叫人来） summon
summon sb. to court
传某人出庭
summon a witness
传证人
（传染） infect; be contagious
be infected with cholera
传上了霍乱
Mind that your children don't catch the flu.
小心别让你孩子传上流感。
[zhuàn]
[名]
（解释经文的著作） commentaries on classics
Confucian classics and commentaries on them
经传
the three records or elucidations relative to events covered in Confucius' Spring and Autumn Annals
春秋三传
（传记） biography
biographical sketch; profile
小传
autobiography
自传
biographies
列传
unauthorized biography
外传
（叙述历史故事的作品） novels about historical events
Water Margin; Outlaws of the Marsh
《水浒传》
The Lüliang Heroes
《吕梁英雄传》