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书香门第 — “Scholarly family lineage”

书香门第 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a family with a strong tradition of scholarship, learning, or literary pursuits; a cultured or academic family”. Literally, “Scholarly family lineage”.

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书香门第 Pronunciation and Pinyin

书香门第 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
书
shū4book, write, document
香
xiāng9fragrant or delicious
门
mén3door, gate, entrance
第
dì11to form ordinal numbers

Example Sentence with 书香门第

她出生于一个书香门第,从小就受到了良好的教育和文化熏陶。
She was born into a family with a strong scholarly heritage, receiving an excellent education and cultural upbringing from an early age.

Idioms Related to 书香门第

Synonyms of 书香门第

  • shì世dài代shū书xiāng香Generations of scholarly family
  • shū书xiāng香mén门hù户scholarly family tradition

Antonyms of 书香门第

  • péng蓬mén门bì荜hù户a humble, poor dwelling

More idioms starting with 书

  • shū书bù不jìn尽yì意writing cannot fully express meaning
  • shū书bù不jìn尽yán言Words cannot fully express meaning
  • shū书bù不shì释shǒu手unable to put a book down
  • shū书jiàn剑piāo飘líng零Wandering far from home with books and sword
  • shū书tóng同wén文,,chē车tóng同guǐ轨unify and standardize systems
  • shū书dāi呆zi子impractical intellectual
  • shū书náng囊wú无dǐ底books and knowledge are inexhaustible
  • shū书shēng声lǎng朗lǎng朗clear and resonant sound of reading
  • shū书shēng声láng琅láng琅sound of reading aloud, clear and resonant
  • shū书fù富wǔ五chē车Extremely learned from extensive reading
  • shū书shēng生zhī之jiàn见impractical scholar's view
  • shū书huà画mǎo卯yǒu酉clock in and out

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Questions about 书香门第

What does 书香门第 mean?

书香门第 (shū xiāng mén dì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a family with a strong tradition of scholarship, learning, or literary pursuits; a cultured or academic family”.

How do you pronounce 书香门第?

书香门第 is pronounced shū xiāng mén dì in Mandarin Chinese.

What does 书香门第 literally mean?

Literally, 书香门第 means “Scholarly family lineage”. It is used to mean “a family with a strong tradition of scholarship, learning, or literary pursuits; a cultured or academic family”.

What is the Chinese definition of 书香门第?

旧时指上辈有读书人的家庭。

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