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Home / Idiom / 断子绝孙

to die without progeny · (offensive) may you die childless · may you be the last of your family line

断子绝孙
duàn zǐ jué sūn
d+uàn·4th tonez+ǐ·3rd tonej+üé·2nd tones+ūn·1st tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking后继无人hòu jì wú rénone who is cut off from others (idiom) · one who has chosen to follow a solitary path · (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)孤家寡人gū jiā guǎ rén(literary) to have no descendants; to have no son to continue one's lineage无后wú hòuto have no offspring · never to be seen again; unique绝后jué hòu
Antonyms
(idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking后继有人hòu jì yǒu rén
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