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封妻荫子
fēng qī yìn zǐ
What 封妻荫子 means
- 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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