曾祖
zēng zǔ
Pinyin

Definition

曾祖
 - 
zēng zǔ
  1. great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Zēng
  1. 1 surname Zeng
céng jīng
  1. 1 once
  2. 2 already
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 ever
  6. 6 (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
Fó zǔ
  1. 1 Buddha
  2. 2 founder of a buddhist sect
Sòng Zǔ yīng
  1. 1 Song Zuying (1966-), Chinese folk music singer
céng jǐ hé shí
  1. 1 just a while before
  2. 2 not so long ago
  3. 3 everyone can remember when..

Idioms (4)

数典忘祖
shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ
  1. 1 to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
曾经沧海
céng jīng cāng hǎi
  1. 1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
  1. 1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
  2. 2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
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