(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age
trad. 養兒防老
Also written 養兒防老【yǎng ér fáng lǎo】
Characters in this word
4养
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to raise (animals), to bring up (children), to keep (pets), to support, to give birth
- Pinyin
- yǎng
- Traditional
- 養
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 3496 of 2500
儿
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child, son
- Pinyin
- ér
- Traditional
- 兒
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 3200 of 2500
防
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to protect, to defend, to guard against, to prevent
- Pinyin
- fáng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 15971 of 2500
老
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prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity, old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 511 of 2500