zǔ​tì

Zu Ti

  • created sense approved 祖逖 · zǔ​tì · Zu Ti — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    祖逖

    zǔ​tì

    Zu Ti

    General of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (266-321), famous for his dedication and the idiom [[闻鸡起舞|聞雞起舞|wen2 ji1 qi3 wu3]], meaning to wake up at the first crow of the rooster to practice swordplay.

    祖 (literal) → 祖 · zǔ · Zu 逖 (literal) → 逖 · tì · remote

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