







轩冕相袭 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Official positions and titles passed down through generations”. Hereditary officialdom. Literally, “Carriages and crowns successively inherited”.

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Open the tool →轩冕相袭 (xuān miǎn xiāng xí) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Official positions and titles passed down through generations”.
轩冕相袭 is pronounced xuān miǎn xiāng xí in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 轩冕相袭 means “Carriages and crowns successively inherited”. It is used to mean “Official positions and titles passed down through generations”.
轩:古代士大夫乘的车;冕:古代帝王、诸侯及大夫戴的帽;袭:继承。官爵禄位相继承。形容世代为官