曾祖
zēng zǔ
Pinyin

Definition

曾祖
 - 
zēng zǔ
  1. great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

曾
Zēng
  1. 1 surname Zeng
曾经
céng jīng
  1. 1 once
  2. 2 already
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 ever
  6. 6 (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
佛祖
Fó zǔ
  1. 1 Buddha
  2. 2 founder of a buddhist sect
宋祖英
Sòng Zǔ yīng
  1. 1 Song Zuying (1966-), Chinese folk music singer
曾几何时
céng jǐ hé shí
  1. 1 just a while before
  2. 2 not so long ago
  3. 3 everyone can remember when..
祖
Zǔ
  1. 1 surname Zu
祖先
zǔ xiān
  1. 1 ancestor
  2. 2 forebears
祖国
zǔ guó
  1. 1 motherland
祖宗
zǔ zōng
  1. 1 ancestor
  2. 2 forebear
祭祖
jì zǔ
  1. 1 to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
似曾相识
sì céng xiāng shí
  1. 1 déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)
  2. 2 seemingly familiar
  3. 3 apparently already acquainted
何曾
hé céng
  1. 1 did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
元世祖
Yuán Shì zǔ
  1. 1 lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
先祖
xiān zǔ
  1. 1 deceased grandfather
  2. 2 ancestry
光宗耀祖
guāng zōng yào zǔ
  1. 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors
叔祖
shū zǔ
  1. 1 grandfather's younger brother
外祖母
wài zǔ mǔ
  1. 1 mother's mother
  2. 2 maternal grandmother
外祖父
wài zǔ fù
  1. 1 maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)
太祖
tài zǔ
  1. 1 Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
始祖
shǐ zǔ
  1. 1 primogenitor
  2. 2 founder of a school or trade

Idioms (4)

数典忘祖
shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ
  1. 1 to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
曾经沧海
céng jīng cāng hǎi
  1. 1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
  1. 1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
  2. 2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
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

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