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世襲罔替

简 世袭罔替 · 繁 世襲罔替
Mandarin · pinyin shì xí wǎng tì

Meanings

  1. (of a position or title) to be passed down unaltered through generations within a family
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Characters in this entry

世
shì · generation; world; era
襲
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罔
wǎng · net; deceive; libel; negative
替
tì · change, replace, substitute for
袭
xí · raid, attack; inherit
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4–2–3–4 · shi4 xi2 wang3 ti4

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verb

  1. (of a position or title) to be passed down unaltered through generations within a family

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世襲罔替 · shi4 xi2 wang3 ti4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source line 3,112
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Exact source record世襲罔替 世袭罔替 [shi4 xi2 wang3 ti4] /(of a position or title) to be passed down unaltered through generations within a family/