数典忘祖 — Chinese idiom
数典忘祖
shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ
Traditional: 數典忘祖
Meaning
- to recount history but omit one's ancestors ; to forget one's roots
Character by character
- 数shǔcount, number, several
- 典diǎnlaw, canon; scripture, classic; documentation
- 忘wàngto forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook
- 祖zǔancestor, forefather; grandfather; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 一夕数惊 yī xī shù jīng
- 不计其数 bù jì qí shù
- 劫数难逃 jié shù nán táo
- 天文数字 tiān wén shù zì
- 如数家珍 rú shǔ jiā zhēn
- 寥寥可数 liáo liáo kě shǔ
- 屈指可数 qū zhǐ kě shǔ
- 心里有数 xīn lǐ yǒu shù
- 恒河沙数 Héng hé shā shù
- 擢发难数 zhuó fà nán shǔ
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