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"the earliest ancestor" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
鼻祖 bí zǔ the earliest ancestor / originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
奉祀 fèng sì to worship / to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc) / (of a shrine or temple) to be dedicated to (a deity, ancestor etc)
最早 zuì zǎo earliest
九州 jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands syn
三代 sān dài three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
及早 jí zǎo at the earliest possible time / as soon as possible syn
扁鹊 扁鵲 biǎn què 秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era
白马寺 白馬寺 bái mǎ sì the Baima or White Horse Temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China
广雅 廣雅 guǎng yǎ earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], 18150 entries
夏商周 xià shāng zhōu Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties
三皇五帝 sān huáng wǔ dì three sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] and five emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] of myth and legend / the earliest system of Chinese historiography
鲁迅 魯迅 lǔ xùn Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers
张揖 張揖 zhāng yī Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works
黄帝宅经 黃帝宅經 huáng dì zhái jīng one of the earliest classics about Fengshui
声类 聲類 shēng lèi Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day)
祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor / forebear syn
太祖 tài zǔ Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty) syn
先人 xiān rén ancestor / forefather / sb's late father syn
从 從 cóng from / through / via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor syn
旁系 páng xì collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines)
尊号 尊號 zūn hào honorific title / form of address reserved for a queen, ancestor, emperor etc
远祖 遠祖 yuǎn zǔ a remote ancestor
宗 zōng school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs syn
祖 zǔ ancestor / forefather / grandparents syn
奉 fèng to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior) syn
岱宗 dài zōng another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] / Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls
承重孙 承重孫 chéng zhòng sūn eldest grandson (to sustain upper storeys of ancestor worship)
直系祖先 zhí xì zǔ xiān direct ancestor
祖鸟 祖鳥 zǔ niǎo dinosaur ancestor of birds
共同祖先 last common ancestor / concestor
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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