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曾祖 great-grandfather;
高祖 great-great-grandfather;
鼻祖 one's earliest known ancestor;
太祖 posthumous title conferred on the founder of a dynasty.
(2) A founder, an originator: 祖師 [zu3shi1]↓.
(3) Sacrifice to god of travellers: 祖奠，祖道，祖餞 [zu3dian4], [zu3dao4], [zu3jian4]↓.
(4) A surname.
2.祖鞭 [zu2bian1], phr., vying to push ahead in friendly rivalry (allu. to the story of 劉琨 and 祖逖).
3.祖妣 [zu2bi3], n., one's deceased grandmother.
4.祖產 [zu3chan3], n., ancestral estate.
5.祖傳 [zu3chuan2], adj., handed down from generation to generation.
6.祖代 [zu3dai4], n., ancestors, for bears.
7.祖道 [zu3dao4], v.i., bid good-bye to departing friend by offering sacrifice to the patron god of travellers.
8.祖奠 [zu3dian4], n., a sacrifice to the deceased on the eve of his burial rites.
9.祖父 [zu3fu4], n., grandfather.
10.祖國 [zu3guo2], n., one's fatherland.
11.祖帳 [zu3zhang4], v.i., hold a sacrifice to the patron god of travellers to bid good-bye to a departing friend.
12.祖餞 [zu3jian4], v.t., give a party in honor of (a departing friend).
13.祖籍 [zu3ji2], n., the land of one's forefathers.
14.祖考 [zu2kao3], n., one's deceased grandfather.
15.祖母 [zu2mu3], n., grandmother; 祖母綠 (min.) pure emerald.
16.祖上 [zu3shang4], n., remote ancestors.
17.祖神 [zu3shen2], n., the patron god of travellers.
18.祖先 [zu3xian1], n., ancestors, forbears, forefathers.
19.祖述 [zu3shu4], v.t., follow in the ways of (sages, saints).
20.祖師 [zu3shi1], n., (1) founder of a religious sect; (2) the legendary founder of a craft or occupation.
21.祖送 [zu3song4], v.t., give a farewell party in honor of (s.o.).
22.祖宗 [zu3zong1], n., remote ancestors, forbears.
23.祖武 [zu2wu3], phr., be a worthy successor to ancestral greatness (“walking in the footsteps of one's ancestors”).
24.祖業 [zu3ye4], n., (1) great achievements of one's ancestors; (2) ancestral estate.
25.祖遺 [zu3yi2], adj., (of property) bequeathed by ancestors.