祧tiāo〈书fml.〉 1.原指祭远祖的庙,后来指继承上代{keep up one's ancestral shrine; be or become heir to}: 兼～。{be heir to both one's father and one's uncle} 2.把隔了几代的祖宗的神主迁入远祖的庙{move the memorial tablet of a forefather several generations remote into the ancestral shine}: 不～之祖。{ancestor who does not deserve a place in the ancestral shrine}