zōngsì
to sacrifice to ancestors
宗祀 zōngsì
- to sacrifice to ancestors
- to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors; to perform ancestral rites
- ancestral line
- (literary) the continued offering of sacrifices to ancestors; figuratively refers to a family's lineage or the continuation of the family name
- to offer sacrifices
- to perform religious ceremonies or sacrifices to Heaven and Earth or various deities
- ancestral sacrifice
- the act of offering sacrifices to ancestors; ancestral rites
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Synonym
- 香火 xiānghuǒ