Many of our local operas were preserved by folk artists who passed them down from generation to generation by word of mouth. 我國許多地方戲曲都是由民間藝人世代口授而保存下來(lái)的。
His father is a folk artist in Tianjin City, who is good at many kinds of folk handicrafts. 父親曾是天津市民間藝人,精于多種民間手工藝絕活。