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조상

Pronunciation
조상
Part of speech
noun
Vocabulary level
intermediate

ancestor

A member of one's family who lived a long time ago.

ancestor; ancestry

All generations previous to the one a person belongs to.

ancestor

Something that serves as a foundation for its posterity to come about and grow.

Idioms

조상같이 알다

know something like one's ancestor

To cherish something dearly.

Proverbs

조상 신주 모시듯

as if enshrining one's ancestral tablet

An expression used to describe the attitude of a person who cherishes and respects something dearly.