伝つたえ聞きく

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

learn by hearsay; hear from others

Used when information is obtained indirectly through others, not from direct experience. Often implies the information is secondhand or unverified.

• 彼かれの成せい功こうは伝つたえ聞きいていたが、実じっ際さいに会あうのは初はじめてだ。

  I had heard about his success, but this is the first time I've actually met him.

• その話はなしは人ひとから伝つたえ聞きいただけなので、詳くわしくは知しらない。

  I only heard that story from someone else, so I don't know the details.