princelings
Petty young heirs
Princelings are minor or insignificant princes—either literally (rulers of small territories) or figuratively (people with modest power who act self-importantly).
In Chinese political context, princelings refers to the children of prominent Communist Party officials who leverage family connections for wealth and influence: The princelings dominated China's business elite.
Those who inherit
- successorsThose who follow after
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- dynastiesSuccessive rulers from one family
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
elite · privilege · corruption · connections · patronage · entitlement · influence · power
Monarch's young descendants
- fairy talesTraditional magical children's stories
- kingdomsMonarch-ruled territories
- castlesFortified royal residences
- thronesMonarchs' ceremonial chairs
crowns · nobles · courtiers · pages · squires · regents · lineage · bloodline
Of little importance
- minorScale with lowered third
- small-timeOf little significance
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
- wannabesAspirants lacking credentials
pretentious · self-important · upstarts · poseurs · imitators · tin-pot · ambitious · aspiring
heirs
Those who inherit
- successorsThose who follow after
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- dynastiesSuccessive rulers from one family
nepotism · elite · privilege · corruption · connections · patronage · entitlement · influence · power · CCP
royal children
Monarch's young descendants
- fairy talesTraditional magical children's stories
- kingdomsMonarch-ruled territories
- castlesFortified royal residences
thrones · crowns · nobles · courtiers · pages · squires · regents · lineage · bloodline · succession
petty
Of little importance
- minorScale with lowered third
- small-timeOf little significance
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
wannabes · pretentious · self-important · upstarts · poseurs · imitators · tin-pot · ambitious · aspiring · provincial
- China Policyone-child policy, Great Firewall, social credit, Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward
princelingskings
Male hereditary rulers
emperors · sovereigns · commoners · monarchs · subjects
princelingscommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
peasants · plebeians · the masses · ordinary citizens · working class
princelingsself-made men
Those who achieved success independently
meritocrats · bootstrappers · strivers · achievers · earners