薪ㄒㄧㄣxīn火ㄏㄨㄛˇhuǒ相ㄒㄧㄤxiāng傳ㄔㄨㄢˊchuán

  1. 比喻師生授受不絕，或種族、血統、文化精神的傳承，綿延不盡。參見「薪盡火傳」條。如：「歷經數代的薪火相傳，該舞團的成就斐然，倍受世人尊崇。」

英lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom)​, fig. (of knowledge, skill etc)​ to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another