曾祖
zēng zǔ
Pinyin
Definition
曾祖
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- great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (4)
数典忘祖
- 1 to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
曾经沧海
- 1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
- 2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云
- 1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
- 2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
荣宗耀祖
- 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom)
- 2 also written 光宗耀祖