<p>I found the sentence 他是华胄，所以气质不凡. It is been translated as "He is the offspring of a noble family, thus his character is not a common one". I also found for 华胄  the translation "offspring of the huaxia" and simply "chinese".</p>

<p>Verbatim, 华胄 would be "chinese helmet", "flowery helmet", "illustrous helmet".</p>

<p>Obviously the word is a metaphor,
what was is its original meaning and what does it imply culturally as a metaphor ? </p>

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What is the meaning behind 华胄 ?
# What is the meaning behind 华胄 ?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-17)

I found the sentence 他是华胄，所以气质不凡. It is been translated as "He is the offspring of a noble family, thus his character is not a common one". I also found for 华胄 the translation "offspring of the huaxia" and simply "chinese".

Verbatim, 华胄 would be "chinese helmet", "flowery helmet", "illustrous helmet".

Obviously the word is a metaphor,
what was is its original meaning and what does it imply culturally as a metaphor ?

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