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加官进爵

jiā guān jìn jué

4-character word Traditional 加官進爵

What 加官进爵 means

1. promotion to the nobility (idiom)

The characters in 加官进爵

• 加jiāto add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
• 官guāngovernment official; governmental; official
• 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in
• 爵juéancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility

Sounds the same

Read jiā guān jìn jué, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 加官晋爵to confer a title an official position