鼻祖 bí zǔ

originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 42017th word

Definitions

  1. 1. originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)
  2. 2. the earliest ancestor

Characters

Character Meaning
鼻 bí HSK 3
nose
祖 zǔ HSK 6
ancestor; forefather; grandparents