嫡díⅠ ❶ (宗法制度下指正妻) legal wife ❷ (宗法制度下指家庭的正支) of or by the wife (as distinguished from a concubine under the feudal-patriar ̄ chal system):~ 长子 the wife's eldest son;~ 出 the legal wife's child;born of man's legal wife Ⅱ (家族中血统关系最近的) of lineal descent;closely related ◆嫡传 handed down in a direct line from the master or his official heir; 嫡传子弟 disciples of a master by direct line; 嫡母 address for father's wife by children of concubines; 嫡派 (嫡系) the legal or official branch of a family tree;direct line of descent;(得到传授人亲自传授的一派) disciples taught by the master himself; 嫡亲 blood relations;close paternal relations; 嫡嗣 eldest son born of the legal wife of a man; 嫡堂 (cousins) of the same grandfather by the direct line; 嫡系 (一线相传的派系) direct line of descent;(正支) one's own clique;closest ties of relationship; 嫡子 sons born of the legal wife of a man |