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世袭罔替

shì xí wǎng tì

4-character word Traditional 世襲罔替

What 世袭罔替 means

1. (of a position or title) to be passed down unaltered through generations within a family

The characters in 世袭罔替

• 世shìlife; age; generation
• 袭xí(bound form) to raid; to attack; (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate…
• 罔wǎngto deceive; there is none; old variant of 网
• 替tìto substitute for; to take the place of; to replace

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