to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
trad. 數典忘祖
Also written 數典忘祖【shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ】
Characters in this word
4数
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to count, to count as; to regard as, to enumerate; to list
- Pinyin
- shǔ
- Traditional
- 數
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 4576 of 2500
典
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canon, law, standard work of scholarship, literary quotation or allusion, ceremony, to be in charge of, to mortgage or pawn
- Pinyin
- diǎn
- Strokes
- 8
忘
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to forget, to overlook, to neglect
- Pinyin
- wàng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 551 of 2500
祖
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surname Zu
- Pinyin
- Zǔ
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 17016 of 2500