晋 爵

jìn juédictionary entry

to join the nobility / to rise through the nobility

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Original source entry:

晉爵晋爵 [jin4 jue2] /to join the nobility/to rise through the nobility/

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Other forms in these source records: 晉爵

晋
jìn
to move forward / to promote / to advance
Jìn
surname Jin / the Jin Dynasties (265–420) / Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xī Jìn] (265–316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dōng Jìn] (317–420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936–946) / short name for Shanxi 山西[Shān xī]
爵
jué
ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle / nobility

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