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显祖

xiǎn zǔ

2-character word Traditional 顯祖

What 显祖 means

1. ancestors (old)

The characters in 显祖

• 显xiǎnto make visible; to reveal; prominent
• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents

Words containing 显祖

• 汤显祖Tāng Xiǎn zǔTang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭

Sounds the same

Read xiǎn zǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 险阻dangerous and difficult (path)

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