封妻荫子 fēng qī yìn zǐ

honor an official’s wife and children

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. (of a deserving official) to grant his wife a title and make his son heir to his titles

Characters

Character Meaning
封 fēng HSK 4
to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
妻 qī HSK 2
wife; to marry off (a daughter)
荫 yìn
variant of 蔭yìn, shade; shade
子 zǐ HSK 1
(noun suffix); son; child