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祖
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Definitions
- 1. ancestor
- 2. forefather
- 3. grandparents
Words Containing 祖
ancestral house
father's father's sister
ancestors
Zulu
direct ancestor
father's father's brother
passed on from ancestors
founding master of a monastery
movement to restore the fatherland
great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722)
Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[hóng wǔ]
to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom)
Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960
maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)
paternal grandparents
Archaeopteryx
proto-language
great-grandmother (mother's grandmother)
vuvuzela (horn blown by sports fans)
grandfather's younger brother
dinosaur ancestors of birds
Buddha
Wuzuquan - \Five Ancestors\ - Martial Art
for generations
ancestor
Matsu Islands
posthumous title of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[nǔ ěr hā chì] (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[hòu jīn] (from 1616)
Godhead
brat
ancestry
father's mother
founder
Zheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
deceased grandfather
a remote ancestor
Peng Zu (legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years)
posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC
primogenitor
Zulu people
great-great-grandfather
great-great-grandmother
Zuma (name)
Song Zuying (1966-), Chinese folk music singer
ancestral tomb
Emperor Gaozu of Tang, reign name of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 李淵|李渊[lǐ yuān] (566-635), reigned 618-626
mother's mother
posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[chéng jí sī hán] (1162-1227)
father's father's mother
emerald
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
former residence
wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother
Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
great-grandparents
dinosaur ancestor of birds
vuvuzela (horn) (loanword)
lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
bazooka (loanword)
Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress
to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
(polite) my paternal grandfather
great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
ancestral hometown
Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland (North Korean)
flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
people of one's grandparents' generation
Joey Yung (1980-), Hong Kong pop singer and actress
to bring honor to one's ancestors
atavism (biology)
Zu Chongzhi (429-500), astronomer and mathematician
father's father's brother's wife
Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭[mǔ dan tíng]
motherland
father's father's father
ancestor
ancestral tomb
Sha Zukang (1947-), Chinese diplomat
Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[yǒng lè]
Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
many generations of ancestors
Jeonjo (1752-1800), 22nd king of Korean Joseon dynasty
father's father
Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan
to defend one's country
the earliest ancestor