开山祖师

kāi shān zǔ shī

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Definitions

1. founding master of a monastery
2. founder
3. originator

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Child Words of 开山祖师

• 山 山 shān: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])
• 开 开 kāi: to open
• 师 师 shī: teacher
• 祖 祖 zǔ: ancestor
• 祖师 祖师 zǔ shī: founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
• 开山 开山 kāi shān: to cut into a mountain (to open a mine)