宗 – vocab dash

宗zōng

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Meanings

1. school

2. sect

3. purpose

4. model

5. ancestor

6. clan

7. to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)

8. classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs

Characters used

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Examples4

你nǐ曾céng是shì一yī宗zōng司法sīfǎ案件ànjiàn的de证人zhèngrén？

Have you ever served as a witness in a court case?

汤姆Tāngmǔ从cóng基督教Jīdūjiào改gǎi宗zōng到dào伊斯兰教Yīsīlánjiào了le。

Tom converted from Christianity to Islam.

他tā承认chéngrèn自己zìjǐ与yǔ这zhè宗zōng丑闻chǒuwén有yǒu牵连qiānlián。

He admits being involved in the scandal.

惜xī秦Qín皇huáng汉hàn武wǔ，略lüè输shū文采wéncǎi；唐Táng宗zōng宋Sòng祖zǔ，稍shāo逊xùn风骚fēngsāo。一代yīdài天tiān骄jiāo，成吉思汗Chéngjísīhán，只zhǐ识shí弯wān弓gōng射shè大dà雕diāo。俱jù往wǎng矣yǐ，数shǔ风流fēngliú人物rénwù，还hái看kàn今朝jīnzhāo。

Emperor Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han, though remarkable in their achievements, somewhat lacked in literary grace; Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Taizu of Song, though commendable in their elegance, still fall slightly short in their brilliance. The proud conqueror, Genghis Khan, knew only how to bend the bow and shoot great eagles. All of them are now bygone, and if you want to count the truly remarkable figures, look to the present age.