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外祖父 word · TOCFL B1 (est.)
外祖父 =
ㄨㄞˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ · wàizǔfù
noun — maternal grandfather (one's mother's father)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

outside the surname line (外面)wài
grandparent, ancestor (祖先)
father (父親)
外祖父,外面的外,祖先的祖,父親的父。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

母親那邊的)輩男性(),不同姓,算「)」家。
The male elder (祖父) on the mother's side — a different surname, so counted as "outside" (外).
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