chéng​zhòng​sūn

eldest grandson as chief mourner

  • created sense approved 承重孙/承重孫 · chéng​zhòng​sūn · eldest grandson as chief mourner — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    承重孙 / 承重孫

    chéng​zhòng​sūn

    eldest grandson as chief mourner

    The eldest grandson who, due to the prior death of his father (the eldest son), assumes the role of chief mourner at his grandparents' funerals and inherits the primary responsibility for conducting ancestral sacrifices

    承重 (literal) → 承重 · chéng​zhòng · to lead funeral rites 孙 (literal) → 孙/孫 · sūn · grandchild

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