封妻蔭子
fēng​qī​yìn​zǐ

to bring honor to wife and son

  • created reference approved 封妻荫子/封妻蔭子 → 封妻廕子 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    封妻荫子 / 封妻蔭子 fēng​qī​yìn​zǐ

    封妻廕子 fēng​qī​yìn​zǐ

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 封妻荫子/封妻蔭子 · fēng​qī​yìn​zǐ · to bring honor to wife and son — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    封妻荫子 / 封妻蔭子

    fēng​qī​yìn​zǐ

    to bring honor to wife and son

    to bestow a title on one's wife and a hereditary rank on one's son; refers to a high official's success benefiting his whole family in feudal society

    封 (literal) → 封 · fēng · to confer 妻 (literal) → 妻 · qī · wife 荫 (literal) → 荫/蔭 · yìn · [privilege] 子 (literal) → 子 · zǐ · son

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

    created sense