wǔ​bǎo

five protections

Senses

五保 wǔ​bǎo five protections

A social assistance system in rural China providing food, clothing, housing, medical care, and burial expenses (or education for minors) to people unable to work and without family support.

五保 wǔ​bǎo five-baos

An administrative unit in the 保甲 bǎo​jiǎ system during the Song Dynasty, consisting of fifty households.

References

see 五保户/五保戶 五保/五保