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外祖母 word · TOCFL B1 (est.)
外祖母 =
ㄨㄞˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ · wàizǔmǔ
noun — maternal grandmother (one's mother's mother)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

outside the surname line (外面)wài
grandparent, ancestor (祖先)
mother (母親)
外祖母,外面的外,祖先的祖,母親的母。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

)親那邊的)輩,不同姓,算「)」家。
An elder (祖) on the mother's (母) side — a different surname, so counted as "outside" (外).
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