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封妻荫子

fēng qī yìn zǐ

4-character word Traditional 封妻蔭子

What 封妻荫子 means

1. idiomto bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his titles

The characters in 封妻荫子

• 封fēngto confer; to grant; to bestow a title
• 妻qī(bound form) wife
• 荫yīn(bound form) shade (of a tree)
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

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