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double; twice; simultaneous double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time |
ancestral hall
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simp. and trad.
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兼
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祧
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Pronunciation
Noun
兼祧
- (historical) a practice in which a man succeeds both his father's and uncle's lines when his uncle has no male heir, and is allowed to marry one wife each for each line
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