失传

• ピンイン: shī chuán
• 漢字の分解: 失 = 手 + 乙 (to lose, to let slip); 传 = 亻+ 专 (to transmit, to pass on, to bequeath)

意味

（技術・文献などが）途絶えて失われる

Used to describe cultural heritage, traditional arts, crafts, medical techniques, or manuscripts that have been lost because they were never passed down or the lineage was broken. Common in discussions of cultural preservation, traditional Chinese medicine, and intangible heritage. Opposite: 传承至今 (passed down to the present). Collocations: 濒临失传 (on the verge of being lost), 已近失传 (nearly lost), 独门技艺已失传 (a unique skill has been lost).

例文

1. 这门制作宣纸的古法工艺一度濒临失传，幸得数位老艺人毕生坚守，才使其得以延续至今。
2. 由于历史上多次战乱与典籍焚毁，大量珍贵的中医秘方和针灸技法已永久失传，令后人深感痛惜。
3. 学者们正争分夺秒地记录和整理濒危方言中的词汇与语法，力求在这些语言彻底失传之前留存完整档案。

使い方ガイド

場面: cultural heritage, history, traditional arts, language, medicine

トーン: lamentative

正しい言い方

• 政府投入专项资金，委托文化学者对全国各地濒临失传的非物质文化遗产进行系统记录和抢救性保护。(The government has invested dedicated funds and commissioned cultural scholars to systematically document and carry out emergency conservation of intangible cultural heritage across the country that is on the verge of being lost.)
• 该寺院珍藏的几卷古代医学手稿，记录了一套已失传数百年的针灸疗法，为现代研究者重建这一古法开辟了全新的可能。(Several ancient medical manuscripts preserved in this monastery document an acupuncture therapy that has been lost for centuries, opening entirely new possibilities for modern researchers to reconstruct this ancient method.)

避ける言い方

• 失传 to describe a person who has died without leaving heirs — 失传 refers specifically to knowledge, skills, or cultural practices with no surviving transmission; use 绝后 or 无人继承 for describing a lack of successors

起源と歴史

失 (to lose) + 传 (to transmit, to pass down, to bequeath)

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal