封妻荫子

封妻荫子
fēngyìn

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

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MEANING

MEANING

  1. verb

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

    • He was enfeoffed with the rank of wife and had his son granted a title due to his merits.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS
  • (jade tablet; rectangular jade plaque)ASSOCIATIVE
  • (inch; palm; hand (measure, control))RADICAL

A lord receives a jade tablet from the ruler's hand to grant him his fief.

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