先民 [－－]

Jyutping sin1 man4
Pinyin xiān mín

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    people of old; the ancients
  2. noun, literary
    ancient sage
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）

先民 [－－]

Jyutping
Pinyin xiān mín

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. forebears
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    以动物命名人的属相，是因为我们的先民与这些动物有密切关系。
    以動物命名人的屬相，是因為我們的先民與這些動物有密切關係。
    yǐ dòng wù mìng míng rén de shǔ xiàng ， shì yīn wèi wǒ men de xiān mín yǔ zhè xiē dòng wù yǒu mì qiè guān xi 。
    • Our ancestors used animals to name the years of people's births as their lives were closely connected to these animals.