yuǎn

common
noun

Meaning of 远祖

远祖 means remote ancestor; forefather from many generations ago. Pronounced yuǎn zǔ.

  • remote ancestor; forefather from many generations ago

Definitions & Examples

de
yuǎn
shì
cóng
Shān
dōng
mín
dào
Dōng
běi
de
 

My remote ancestors migrated from Shandong to Northeast China.

Zhè
zuò
táng
gòng
fèng
zhe
jiā
de
yuǎn
 

This ancestral hall enshrines the remote ancestors of the clan.

Kǎo
xué
jiā
xiàn
le
yuǎn
shǐ使
yòng
de
shí
 

Archaeologists discovered stone tools used by our distant ancestors.