| 古 |
gǔ shēng wù | paleo-organism |
| 古 |
Gǔ | surname Gu |
| 古 |
gǔ | ancient / old / paleo- |
| 生 |
shēng | to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 生 |
shēng wù | organism / living creature / life form / biological / CL:个 |
| 物 |
wù | (bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself |