相传

xiāngchuán

to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 6 trad. 相傳

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据相传,这里出过名人。

Tradition says a famous person came from here.

这个故事相传了很久。

This story has been passed on for long.