嫡 系

dí xìdictionary entry

direct line of descent / under one's personal command / school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine

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Original source entry:

嫡系 嫡系 [di2 xi4] /direct line of descent/under one's personal command/school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine/

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Character information

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嫡
dí
(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶[shù])
系
xì
to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary) / system / department / faculty / to arrest / to worry
jì
to tie / to fasten / to button up

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