What does 祖先 mean?
祖先
ancestor; forebears
Its characters
- 祖 grandfather
- 先 first
In a sentence
我们的祖先很早就开始种水稻了。 Our ancestors started growing rice a long time ago.
两千多年前，楚国有一家人拜完祖先，把一大杯酒送给了家里帮忙的几个人。
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