祖语 (祖語)
zǔ yǔ
Pinyin

Definition

祖语 (祖語)
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zǔ yǔ
  1. proto-language
  2. parent language (linguistics)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

佛祖
Fó zǔ
  1. 1 Buddha
  2. 2 founder of a buddhist sect
祖国
zǔ guó
  1. 1 motherland
祖宗
zǔ zōng
  1. 1 ancestor
  2. 2 forebear
始祖
shǐ zǔ
  1. 1 primogenitor
  2. 2 founder of a school or trade
妈祖
Mā zǔ
  1. 1 Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia

Idioms (2)

数典忘祖
shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ
  1. 1 to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
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