fá​yuè

powerful family

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powerful family
(literary) a powerful and distinguished family; a family of high status based on generations of meritorious service
meritorious service
(literary) meritorious service or achievements
doorway inscriptions
two inscriptions mounted on a doorway in ancient times that recorded a family’s meritorious services to the emperor (the left called fá, the right called yuè)

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