a family of scholars for generations
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ì D à ISH ū Xi ā ng, which means that generations are reading families. From a dream of Red Mansions.
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 57 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "although the Lin family is so poor that they have no food to eat, they are also scholarly people for generations. They refuse to throw their family members to their relatives, which makes them laugh."
Idiom usage
As attribute and object, it refers to the book of incense.
a family of scholars for generations
having received professional training for what one is doing - kē bān chū shēn
The wolf leaps and the gall flies - láng tū chī zhāng
adopt a wrong method to save a situation and end up by making it worse - bào xīn jiù fén