16 sentences for 先 (xiān — deceased)

1. 我们的祖先非常聪明。

   wǒ​men de zǔ​xiān fēi​cháng cōng​ming.

   Our ancestors were very intelligent.

   Source: CCMatrix

2. 想知道你的祖先是谁吗？

   xiǎng zhī​dao nǐ de zǔ​xiān shì shéi ma?

   Want to know who your ancestors are?

   Source: CCMatrix

3. 我们的祖先吃什么？

   wǒ​men de zǔ​xiān chī shén​me?

   What did our ancestors eat?

   Source: CCMatrix

4. 我的祖先与我同在。

   wǒ​de zǔ​xiān yǔ wǒ tóng​zài.

   My ancestors are with me.

   Source: OpenSubtitles

5. 我的祖先来自英国。

   wǒ​de zǔ​xiān lái​zì yīng​guó.

   My ancestors came from England.

   Source: CCMatrix

6. 我的祖先来自于西班牙。

   wǒ​de zǔ​xiān lái​zì​yú xī​bān​yá.

   My ancestors came from Spain.

   Source: CCMatrix

7. 我们来谈谈祖先吧。

   wǒ​men lái tán​tan zǔ​xiān ba.

   Let's talk about ancestors.

   Source: CCMatrix

8. 许多语言都有共同的祖先。

   xǔ​duō yǔ​yán dōu yǒu gòng​tóng de zǔ​xiān.

   Many languages have a common ancestor.

   Source: CCMatrix

9. 那时，我们的祖先生活在热带地区。

   nà​shí, wǒ​men de zǔ​xiān shēng​huó zài rè​dài​dì​qū.

   Our ancestors at that time lived in tropical regions.

   Source: CCMatrix

10. 这不是我们祖先所做的唯一一件有益健康的事情。

    zhè bù​shì wǒ​men zǔ​xiān suǒ zuò de wéi​yī yī​jiàn yǒu yì jiàn​kāng de shì​qing.

    This isn’t the only healthy thing our ancestors did.

    Source: CCMatrix

11. 自从我们的祖先发明指南针以来，将近两千年过去了。

    zì​cóng wǒ​men de zǔ​xiān fā​míng zhǐ​nán​zhēn yǐ​lái, jiāng​jìn liǎng qiān nián guò​qù le.

    Nearly two thousand years have passed since our ancestors invented the compass.

    Source: UM-Corpus: Spoken

12. 在美国，几乎没有一个人能够追溯到自己的祖先只来自于一个地方。

    zài měi​guó, jī​hū méi​yǒu yī​ge rén néng​gòu zhuī​sù dào zì​jǐ de zǔ​xiān zhǐ lái​zì​yú yī​ge dì​fang.

    In the United States, almost no one can trace their ancestry back to just one place.

    Source: CCMatrix

13. 这里埋葬了我的先祖。

    zhè​lǐ mái​zàng le wǒ​de xiān​zǔ.

    Here my ancestors are buried.

    Source: CCMatrix

14. 我的先祖来自中国。

    wǒ​de xiān​zǔ lái​zì zhōng​guó.

    My ancestors came from China.

    Source: CCMatrix

15. 狗狗的祖先是野狼。

    gǒu​gou de zǔ​xiān shì yě láng.

    The dog’s ancestor is the wolf.

    Source: CCMatrix

16. 地球上的所有生命都有着共同的祖先。

    dì​qiú shang de suǒ​yǒu shēng​mìng dōu yǒu​zhe gòng​tóng de zǔ​xiān.

    All life on Earth shares a common ancestor.

    Source: CCMatrix