📖 Meaning
Passed down and praised in every household. It describes works, teachings, or stories so widely popular that families everywhere transmit and extol them. Equivalent to the variant 家传户诵.
📜 Origin Story
The phrase originates from Qing dynasty scholar Li Yu's work 'Xianqing Ouji' (Casual Notes on Leisure), in the section on lyric drama and structure. Li Yu argued that the great classics—the Five Classics, Four Books, Zuo Zhuan, Discourses of the States, Records of the Historian, Book of Han, and the masters of Tang and Song—all speak of human nature and relate to worldly principles. He noted that these works have been passed down and praised in every household, and asked whether anyone would dismiss them for being too plain and accessible.
💡 Example Usage
这部经典小说自出版以来便家传户颂，深受几代读者的喜爱。
Since its publication, this classic novel has been passed down and praised in every household, beloved by generations of readers.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 家传户颂
- Pinyin: jiā chuán hù sòng
- Literal Translation: family, pass down, household, praise
- Category: Communication
- Characters: 4