宗
zōng
Pinyin
Definition
宗
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- school
- sect
- purpose
- model
- ancestor
- clan
- to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)
- classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
宗
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- surname Zong
Character Decomposition
Idioms (4)
荣宗耀祖
- 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom)
- 2 also written 光宗耀祖
禅门五宗
- 1 the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom)
万变不离其宗
- 1 many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
开宗明义
- 1 to declare at the outset (idiom)
Sample Sentences
我们为你提供拉萨深度游的信息,让你领略最正宗的甜茶馆,和藏民一起吃最地道的食物。
We provide you with in-depth information of Lhasa tours, allowing you to experience the most authentic sweet tea from tea houses and eat the most authentic Tibetan food.
不同文明、宗教、种族求同存异、开放包容,并肩书写相互尊重的壮丽诗篇,携手绘就共同发展的美好画卷。
Different civilizations, religions and races must seek common ground, be open and tolerant with one another, coming shoulder to shoulder to write respectful odes to one another, joining hands to forge beautiful parchments marking joint development.
为了和平,我们要牢固树立人类命运共同体意识。偏见和歧视、仇恨和战争,只会带来灾难和痛苦。相互尊重、平等相处、和平发展、共同繁荣,才是人间正道,世界各国应该共同维护以联合国宪章宗旨和原则为核心的国际秩序和国际体系,积极构建以合作共赢为核心的新型国际关系共同推进世界和平与发展的崇高事业。
For peace, we have to securely establish an awareness of a community of destiny among humanity. Prejudice and discrimination, hostility and war, they only bring disaster and pain. Mutual respect, treating one another as equals, peaceful development, prospering together, this is the true path for humanity. Each country in the world should uphold the objectives and principles enshrined in the United Nations charter as the core tenets of international order and the international system, to proactively construct new international relations with win-win cooperation at its core, to continue to carry forward the sublime undertaking that is world peace and development.
将士是人民的子弟兵,全军将士要牢记,全心全意为人民服务的根本宗旨,忠实履行保卫祖国安全和人民和平生活的神圣职责忠实执行维护世界和平的神圣使命。我宣布,中国将裁减军队员额三十万。
China’s People’s Liberation Army are the offspring of the people, the officers and soldiers of the entire army should remember the fundamental objective of serving the people with all their hearts and minds, loyally carrying out the sacred duty of safeguarding the security of the land of our ancestors and peaceful lives for the people, loyally carrying out the sacred mission of maintaining wold peace. I declare that China will reduce its army numbers by 300,000.
小明的老婆想做丁克族,可小明是家中的独子,老头老太都等着抱孙子传宗接代的,你说能答应吗?这才拖了这么多年。
Xiaoming's wife wants to be a DINK (double income no kids) couple, but Xiaoming is an only son, so his mum and dad were expecting to have grandchildren to cuddle and carry on the family line. Could you agree to that? That's why it took this many years.
没错,网购就更稀松平常了,有好多专业平台。大到有可以购买任何种类商品的网络平台比如淘宝,天猫;小到有销售专门种类商品的网络大平台像517黄酒网,我送朋友正宗陈年绍兴、女儿红、花雕都是在那儿买的。
That's right. Online shopping has become a norm. There are so many professional platforms. For more general things, you can buy all kinds of goods on internet platforms, like Taobao and Tmall; For more niche things, there are web platforms selling specialized goods, such as the 517 huangjiu website. When I give my friends authentic vintage Shaoxing huangjiu, nuerhong and huadiao, they're all bought there.
这是什么意思?是一定要光宗耀祖吗?这样压力实在是太大了。
What does that mean? Is it that you have to make your ancestors proud? That kind of pressure is quite heavy.
过奖过奖啦,茶道本来就该与人分享才有意义,这茶文化里可蕴含了我们老祖宗几千年的智慧和修养啊。
You're too kind, the art of tea is only meaningful when sharing with people. Tea culture holds several thousand years of the wisdom and cultivation of our forebearers.
哇,这么大一盆,这条鱼起码得有三斤重吧。我听说正宗的酸菜鱼就是用这样的黑鱼做的。
Wow, what a big dish. That fish must weigh at least 1.5 kg. I heard that the most faithful fried fish with pickled cabbage uses this Northern Snakehead for the fish.
吴宗宪、温岚“屋顶"
Jacky Wu and Wen Lan's "Rooftop"