世襲罔替
shì​xí​wǎng​tì

hereditary in perpetuity

  • created sense approved 世袭罔替/世襲罔替 · shì​xí​wǎng​tì · hereditary in perpetuity — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    世袭罔替 / 世襲罔替

    shì​xí​wǎng​tì

    hereditary in perpetuity

    (of a title or rank) passed down through generations within a family without being reduced in rank

    世袭 (literal) → 世袭/世襲 · shì​xí · hereditary 罔 (literal) → 罔 · wǎng · not 替 (literal) → 替 · tì · (bound form) to abolish

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense