封妻荫子 — Chinese idiom
封妻荫子
fēng qī yìn zǐ
Traditional: 封妻蔭子
Meaning
- to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his titles
Character by character
- 封fēngenvelope, letter; to confer, to grant; feudal
- 妻qīwife
- 荫yìnshade, shelter; to protect
- 子zǐson, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
Idioms sharing a character
- 原封不动 yuán fēng bù dòng
- 故步自封 gù bù zì fēng
- 三妻四妾 sān qī sì qiè
- 妻离子散 qī lí zǐ sàn
- 宠妾灭妻 chǒng qiè miè qī
- 绿树成荫 lǜ shù chéng yīn
- 乱臣贼子 luàn chén zéi zǐ
- 仁人君子 rén rén jūn zǐ
- 佳人才子 jiā rén cái zǐ
- 多子多福 duō zǐ duō fú
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