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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[zōng]
  1. 1. noun [祖宗] ancestor
  2. 2. noun [家族] clan
    of the same clan
  3. 3. noun [宗派] school
    orthodox school
  4. 4. noun [宗旨] purpose
  5. 5. measure word
    心事
    a worrying matter

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

[zōng]
  1. 1. lineage

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

[zōng]
  1. 1. 祖先
    列祖列
    耀祖。
  2. 2. 家族;
    兄。
    亲。
  3. 3. 派别
    派。
  4. 4. 根本;主旨
    万变不离其
    明义。
    旨。
  5. 5. 尊崇;效法
    他的书法,专柳体。
    仰。
  6. 6. 被尊崇或效法的人
    匠。
    师。
    一代文
  7. 7. a)用于事物
    贷款。
    货物。
  8. 8. 藏语音译。旧时西藏地区的行政区划单位,大致相当于县。

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朋友刚从兰州回来给我带了两个正的白兰瓜。
My friend has just come back from Lanzhou, bringing me two genuine honeydew melons.
这次回老家,他准备认祖归
He is planning to return to his ancestors during his trip to his hometown.
教改革之后新教教派与旧教分庭抗礼。
After the Reformation, Protestants broke away from Catholicism.
老祖留下的旧物我们应当批判地继承。
In regard to our ancestors' old systems, we must inherit critically.
的思想起源于印度。
The ideal of Lianzhong Religion originated in India.
因为我家的姓氏比较少见,所以就和一个同姓的家族联了。
Because the clan name of my family is rare, we recognized another family with the same surname to be combined branches of the same clan.
炼狱是个教词汇,是洗脱人罪过的地方。
Purgatory is a religious word which is a place for people to wash away their sins.
的教理分成戒法、戒体、戒行、戒相四科。
The doctrine of Lv Sect in divided into four parts:
到福建旅游时,我们吃到了正的闽菜。
We ate authentic Fujian cuisine when we were traveling in Fujian.
路过德州时,我们品尝到了正的德州扒鸡。
We tasted some authentic Dezhou braised chicken when we passed through Dezhou.

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