Examples

我国许多地方戏曲都是由民间艺人世代口授而保存下来的。

Many of our local operas were preserved by folk artists who passed them down from generation to generation by word of mouth. → 口授

他家世代务农。

He comes from a long line of farmers. → 世代

他家世代书香。

He comes from a long line of scholars. → 书香

清河给沿岸人民带来的灾难世代延传。

The Qinghe River has brought generations of disasters to the people living along its banks. → 延传

世代相沿

be handed down from generation to generation → 沿

我家世代以农为业。

I come from a long line of farmers. → 业

世代相传

pass on from generation to generation → 相传

他们家世代靠耕田为生。

They have made a living by working on the farm for generations. → 耕田

基诺族世代生活在云南的西双版纳。

The Jinuo nationality has lived in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan province for generations. → 基诺族

我家世代都是相府的家奴。

Generations of our ancestors had been bond servants to the prime ministers of feudal China. → 家奴

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