







荫子封妻 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to achieve great success and high social status”. Thereby bringing honor and prosperity to one's family, especially for one's wife and descendants. Literally, “To shelter sons and ennoble wife”.

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Open the tool →荫子封妻 (yìn zǐ fēng qī) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to achieve great success and high social status”.
荫子封妻 is pronounced yìn zǐ fēng qī in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 荫子封妻 means “to shelter sons and ennoble wife”. It is used to mean “to achieve great success and high social status”.
妻子得到封号,子孙获得世袭官爵。指建立功业,光耀门庭。