這些古老習俗都是一代一代相傳下來的。

These old customs have been handed down from generation to generation.

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Sentence Composition

1 這些 zhèxiē these
2 古老 gǔlǎo
  1. ancient
  2. old
  3. age-old
3 習俗 xísú
  1. custom
  2. tradition
  3. local tradition
  4. convention
=4 都 Dū surname Du
=4 都 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=4 都 dū
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
=5 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=5 是 shì variant of 是 shì
6 一代 yīdài generation
7 一代 yīdài generation
8 相傳 xiāngchuán
  1. to pass on
  2. to hand down
  3. tradition has it that ...
  4. according to legend
=9 下來 xiàlai
  1. to come down
  2. (completed action marker)
  3. (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
  4. (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
  5. to be harvested (of crops)
  6. to be over (of a period of time)
  7. to go among the masses (said of leaders)
=9 下來 xiàlái
  1. (used after a verb) down (toward oneself, or figuratively)
  2. down (toward oneself, or figuratively)
  3. to come down
=10 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=10 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=10 的 dí really and truly
=10 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target