世袭罔替 shìxíwǎngtì hereditary in perpetuity Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 世袭 世襲 shìxí hereditary relating to inheritance or succession within a family from one generation to the next罔 wǎng not (literary) a particle used for negation or prohibition equivalent to 不 bù or 不要 bùyào替 tì (bound form) to abolish (literary) (bound form) to abolish; to set aside; to discard