"Forebears" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 祖先 | zǔ xiān | ancestors / forebears / (biology) ancestral species / ancient species from which present-day species evolved |   |
| 前人 | qián rén | predecessor / forebears / the person facing you | |
| 先民 | xiān mín | forebears | |
| 旧业 | jiù yè | one's old profession / trade of one's forebears | |
| 祠庙 | cí miào | ancestral hall / temple to one's forebears | |
| 崽卖爷田不心疼 | zǎi mài yé tián bù xīn téng | lit. the child sells the father's farm without regret (idiom) / fig. to sell one's inheritance without a second thought for how hard one's forebears worked for it | |
