kāi
shān
shī

idiom
noun

Meaning of 开山祖师

开山祖师 means founder; originator; the first to establish a school or enterprise. Pronounced kāi shān zǔ shī.

  • founder; originator; the first to establish a school or enterprise

Definitions & Examples

bèi
zūn
wéi
zhè
xué
pài
de
kāi~
 

He is revered as the founding patriarch of this school.

shī
shì
Zhōng
guó
Chán
zōng
de
kāi~
 

Master Bodhidharma is the founding patriarch of Chinese Zen Buddhism.

Zhè
wèi
jiā
bèi
wéi
xiàn
dài
diàn
shāng
háng
de
kāi~
 

This entrepreneur is hailed as the founding father of the modern e-commerce industry.

Measure Words

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