We strive to offer you free Chinese learning resources. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, which are rich in meaning and can be used in various situations. Today’s idiom is 「祖功宗德」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「祖功宗德」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
It means that the ancestors have made contributions and the clan has virtues. Ancient dynasties revered the ancestor or the founding monarch as the ancestor. Those who have made great contributions to the founding of the country will be respected as the patriarch by the virtuous rulers who follow them.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zǔ gōng zōng dé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jou2 gung1 jung1 dak1
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