岱宗
Dài zōng
Pinyin

Definition

岱宗
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Dài zōng
  1. another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wǔ yuè]
  2. Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zōng shī
  1. 1 great scholar respected for learning and integrity
zhèng zōng
  1. 1 orthodox school
  2. 2 fig. traditional
  3. 3 old school
  4. 4 authentic
  5. 5 genuine
zǔ zōng
  1. 1 ancestor
  2. 2 forebear
chuán zōng jiē dài
  1. 1 to carry on one's ancestral line
dà zōng
  1. 1 large amount
  2. 2 staple
  3. 3 influential family of long standing

Idioms (5)

荣宗耀祖
róng zōng yào zǔ
  1. 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 光宗耀祖
禅门五宗
chán mén wǔ zōng
  1. 1 the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom)
万变不离其宗
wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng
  1. 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
kāi zōng míng yì
  1. 1 to declare at the outset (idiom)
鸿毛泰岱
hóng máo tài dài
  1. 1 light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another