a builder (/founder);a pioneer; sth that cannot be abolished; sth that cannot be done away with; revered earliest ances tors
? 這番事業(yè)的～如今卻被不少人忘卻了。Nowadays the pioneers of this cause have been forgotten by many pepole.
不祧之祖bù tiāo zhī zǔ
祧：古代帝王的遠(yuǎn)祖的祠堂。不祧：不遷入祧廟。指不遷入祧廟的祖先。比喻創(chuàng)立大業(yè)而受尊敬的人。revered earliest ancestor, a pioneer, a founder