Nine clans and seven ancestors
Jiuzongqizu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ǔ Z ō ngq ī Z ǔ, meaning ancestor. From the cold eye view.
Idiom usage
As a metaphor or attribute; of ancestors
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 23 of "cold eye view": "killing one's head is certainly a matter of no life to eat, and spanking is also a matter of no one's life."
Idiom explanation
It generally refers to ancestors.
Chinese PinYin : jiǔ zōng qī zǔ
Nine clans and seven ancestors
a dog trying to catch mice -- too meddlesome. gǒu zhuī hào zǐ
approach somebody's greatness. wàng qí xiàng bèi
Indifference leads to ambition, tranquility leads to ambition. dàn bó yǐ míng zhì,níng jìng yǐ zhì yuǎn
I know only one, but I don't know the other. zhǐ zhī qí shān,bù zhī qí èr