shì xí wǎng tì

Traditional: 世襲罔替

世袭罔替 (shì xí wǎng tì) is a Chinese word meaning “(of a position or title) to be passed down unaltered through generations within a family”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 世袭罔替

世shì · life袭xí · (bound form) to raid; to attack罔wǎng · to deceive替tì · to substitute for

Related words

世界world替to substitute for袭击attack (esp. surprise attack)去世to pass away世纪century世上on earth全世界worldwide世life世surname Shi代替to replace; to take the place of过世to die救世主the Savior (in Christianity)

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