copy by hand; transcribe
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to copy by hand; to transcribe
literaryUsed when information or texts were manually copied and passed down before the age of printing. This process can lead to errors over time.
Zhè这
piān篇
gǔ古
wén文
jīng经
guò过
jǐ几
dài代
rén人
de的
chuán传
xiě写
，
nán难
miǎn免
huì会
yǒu有
yī一
xiē些
cuò错
wù误
。
Having been copied by hand over several generations, this ancient text inevitably has some errors.
Nà那
shí时
hou候
，
hǎo好
shū书
yī一
chū出
，
xué学
zhě者
men们
biàn便
jìng竞
xiāng相
chuán传
xiě写
。
Back then, as soon as a good book came out, scholars would compete to copy it by hand.
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Shǒu手
gǎo稿
jǐ几
jīng经
chuán传
xiě写
，
yuán原
yì意
yǐ已
bèi被
wù误
jiě解
。
After being transcribed several times, the original meaning of the manuscript has been misunderstood.