书香门第 in English shu1 xiang1 men2 di4 Meaning

Meanings

  • family with a literary reputation (idiomatic expression); literary family

Simplified Characters

书 香 门 第

Traditional Characters

書 香 門 第

Pinyin

shu1 xiang1 men2 di4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

书shu1abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] 香xiang1fragrant 门men2surname Men 第di4(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)