What Generation to Generation Generally Means

To pass on from generation to generation means to pass on from generation to generation.

Generation to generation is often used to describe the long-term transmission of a tradition, idea, skill, culture, etc., in a family, nation, or society.

Transmission from generation to generation emphasizes time and continuity, implying that a certain idea, experience, knowledge, or tradition is passed on from one generation to another in a continuous stream. This transmission can be conscious or unconscious. For example, family names, cultures, skills, and even cooking techniques can be preserved and continued by passing them from one generation to the next.

Transmission from generation to generation is of great significance in human society. It not only helps us to preserve and pass on our cultural heritage and traditions, but also serves as the basis for our social and economic development. In this way, we are able to accumulate and carry forward the experience and wisdom of our predecessors, and continue to promote social progress and development.

With the rapid development of our society and the advancement of globalization, some traditional ways of passing on skills from generation to generation may be challenged or even gradually disappear. This may result in the loss of a certain culture or skill, so we should pay more attention to and make efforts to protect this way of transmission, so that the tradition and cultural heritage passed on from generation to generation can be continued.

Near synonyms of "passing on from generation to generation:

1. Passing on from generation to generation: this idiom refers to the passing on and continuation of a certain tradition, culture, skill, etc. of a family or a nation from one generation to the next, through many generations. This process is conscious and can be unconscious. It emphasizes time and continuity just as much as generation-to-generation transmission, and both are a way of passing on and continuing.

2. Teaching by word and deed: This idiom refers to imparting and teaching others through word and deed, not just knowledge, but also ideas, values, morals, and other aspects of teaching. This process can be conscious or unconscious and can take place at any time, not only as a way of passing on from generation to generation, but also as a universal way of education.

3. Ear to Ear: This idiom is used to describe teaching others very enthusiastically and seriously, sparing no effort to teach and guide them. This idiom originates from a line in the Book of Songs, which means to put one's ear very close to one's heart and teach face to face. It emphasizes the zeal and intensity of instruction for the recipient, and is slightly different from passing on from generation to generation, but both are a form of education.