0 a valuable object that has been given by older members of a family to younger members of the same family over many years -- 传家宝，祖传之物
To us they are not wealth, but heirlooms over which we have a sacred trust.
From then on, the contents were treated like heirlooms, to be preserved in their inherited condition.
When we sold off those family heirlooms, we lost that revenue.
My local authority has, as have many others, the family heirlooms—properties and long leases—that could and should be sold.
I am only suggesting that there should be applied to landed property the principles conceded by all parties to heirlooms, pictures, works of art and so forth.
Few who have experienced the lack of atmosphere in a country house, bereft of its family heirlooms and furniture, would deny the logic of this policy.
Existing settlements, however, are left untouched and subject to the existing regime for as long as there remains land or heirlooms subject to the trusts of the settlement.
The quality and beauty of the badges has ensured that many survive as heirlooms and are very collectable.
