Dictionary › 数典忘祖
数典忘祖
shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ
What 数典忘祖 means
- to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
The characters in 数典忘祖
- 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
- 典diǎncanon; law; standard work of scholarship
- 忘wàngto forget; to overlook; to neglect
- 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
Looking a word up is not learning it. GraphChinese puts all of HSK 1–6 into one dependency graph, teaches each piece only once its prerequisites are solid, and schedules reviews to land just before you would forget.
Start learning — $49 lifetime