







世代书香 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a family with a long-standing tradition of scholarship”. A scholarly family for generations. Literally, “Generations of literary fragrance; Generations of scholarly aroma”.

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Open the tool →世代书香 (shì dài shū xiāng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a family with a long-standing tradition of scholarship”.
世代书香 is pronounced shì dài shū xiāng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 世代书香 means “Generations of literary fragrance; Generations of scholarly aroma”. It is used to mean “a family with a long-standing tradition of scholarship”.
世世代代都是读书人家。