/fɔrˈbɛrər/ – verb
Definition: Tổ tiên.
A more thorough explanation: 1. someone related to you that comes before you in time; an ancestor
2. something that came before (eg an earlier design of a product)
Example: 1. Let us move on from our recent differences as our forbearers did a hundred years ago.
2. Created in wrist watch form, it displays the same level of decoration as its forbearer qualifying it as a prime example of fine watchmaking.