門閥

门阀
ménfá
rich and powerful family

CEDICT

the family's social status and prestige

Wiktionary

家族的社會地位及聲望。《新唐書．卷一八二．鄭肅傳》：「仁表累擢起居郎，嘗以門閥文章自高。」《初刻拍案驚奇．卷五》：「如此小娘子，該配此才郎！況且年貌相等，門閥相當。」也作「門楣」、「門第」。

重編國語辭典

家族的社會地位及聲望

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 門 mén
  1. gate
  2. door
  3. gateway
  4. doorway
  5. opening
  6. valve
  7. switch
  8. way to do something
  9. knack
  10. family
  11. house
  12. (religious) sect
  13. school (of thought)
  14. class
  15. category
  16. phylum or division (taxonomy)
  17. classifier for large guns
  18. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  19. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

classifiers: 扇, 個
2 閥 fá
  1. powerful individual, family or group
  2. clique
  3. (loanword) valve