鼻祖
bí zǔ
Pinyin

Definition

鼻祖
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bí zǔ
  1. the earliest ancestor
  2. originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

祖国
zǔ guó
  1. 1 motherland
鼻塞
bí sè
  1. 1 a blocked nose
鼻子
bí zi
  1. 1 nose
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]
鼻涕
bí tì
  1. 1 nasal mucus
  2. 2 snivel
佛祖
Fó zǔ
  1. 1 Buddha
  2. 2 founder of a buddhist sect
北鼻
běi bí
  1. 1 baby (loanword)
哭鼻子
kū bí zi
  1. 1 to snivel (usually humorous)
嗤之以鼻
chī zhī yǐ bí
  1. 1 to snort disdainfully
  2. 2 to scoff at
  3. 3 to turn up one's nose
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
宋祖英
Sòng Zǔ yīng
  1. 1 Song Zuying (1966-), Chinese folk music singer
容祖儿
Róng Zǔ ér
  1. 1 Joey Yung (1980-), Hong Kong pop singer and actress
扑鼻
pū bí
  1. 1 to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)
流鼻涕
liú bí tì
  1. 1 to have a runny nose
流鼻血
liú bí xiě
  1. 1 to bleed from the nose
  2. 2 (fig.) to be sexually aroused
王祖贤
Wáng Zǔ xián
  1. 1 Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress
祖
Zǔ
  1. 1 surname Zu
祖传
zǔ chuán
  1. 1 passed on from ancestors
  2. 2 handed down from generation to generation
祖先
zǔ xiān
  1. 1 ancestor
  2. 2 forebears
祖坟
zǔ fén
  1. 1 ancestral tomb

Idioms (9)

一把眼泪一把鼻涕
yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì
  1. 1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
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
横挑鼻子竖挑眼
héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn
  1. 1 to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
  2. 2 to criticize right and left
异香扑鼻
yì xiāng pū bí
  1. 1 exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
香味扑鼻
xiāng wèi pū bí
  1. 1 exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
鼻青眼肿
bí qīng yǎn zhǒng
  1. 1 a black eye (idiom); serious injury to the face
  2. 2 fig. a setback
  3. 3 a defeat

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