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薪：柴。柴虽烧尽，火种仍留传。比喻师父传业于弟子，一代代地传下去。
[as one piece of fuel is consumed, the flame passes to another;flame passes to another] 柴虽燃尽,火种仍能留传。比喻思想体系、学问或技艺代代相传 薪尽火传,工匠市廛都有韵。——清· 吴敬梓《儒林外史》
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