数典忘祖
Traditional form:
數典忘祖
Pinyin (reading):
shǔdiǎnwàngzǔ
Definitions:
- to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
Characters:
- 数 - count, number, several
- 典 - law, canon; scripture, classic; documentation
- 忘 - to forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook
- 祖 - ancestor, forefather; grandfather; surname
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