嗣
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Definitions
- 1. succession (to a title)
- 2. to inherit
- 3. continuing (a tradition)
- 4. posterity
Words Containing 嗣
Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[yuán shì kǎi] during his unsuccessful 1915 bid for Empire
to succeed to a title
to accede to a throne
heir
from then on
heritage
the following year
lit. a following echo
son
heir
to continue
Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898