Dictionary/先民

先民

xiān mín

ㄒㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
N
1forebears

Characters

Example

yǐ以dòng动wù物mìng míng命名rén人de的shǔ属xiāng相,shì是yīn因wèi为wǒ我men们de的xiān mín先民yǔ与zhè这xiē些dòng动wù物yǒu有mì qiè密切guān关xì系。
以动物命名人的属相,是因为我们的先民与这些动物有密切关系。
Our ancestors used animals to name the years of people's births as their lives were closely connected to these animals.