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祖師 (zou2 si1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

祖師 (zou2 si1, Zǔ shī) — (noun) a founder of academic; the founder of a sect such as Buddhism or Taoism; a patriarch;; the founder of a school of learning, a craft, etc

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 祖宗十八代 (zou2 zung1 sap6 baat3 doi6) — (noun) all of the ancestors
• 祖家 (zou2 gaa1) — (noun) home country
• 祖屋 (zou2 uk1) — Ancestral home
• 祖廟 (zou2 miu2) — Ancestral temple
• 祖廟 (zou2 miu6) — (noun) the temple or mausoleum to enshrine ancestors
• 祖父 (zou2 fu6) — (noun) 1. Grandfather; 2. Grandpa

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