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数典忘祖

shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ

4-character word Traditional 數典忘祖

What 数典忘祖 means

1. 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

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