世家 shì jiā

  1. shì jiā proper noun Feudal Houses; Hereditary Houses
    Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
    Notes: A section of Records of the Historian containing 30 Volumes of Biographies of the Feudal Houses and Eminent Persons (Guoyu '世家' 1; Idema and Haft 1997, pp. 79-80)
  2. shì jiā phrase an established family; a noble family
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Giles 1892 '世'; Guoyu '世家' 2; Mathews 1931 '世家', p. 79)
  3. shì jiā phrase an old family friendship
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Giles 1892 '世')

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