开山祖师

kāi shān zǔ shī

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 开山祖师

山
shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])

开
kāi

to open

师
shī

teacher

祖
zǔ

ancestor

祖师
zǔ shī

founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)

开山
kāi shān

to cut into a mountain (to open a mine)