yā​zǐ​xī

to adopt to encourage pregnancy

  • created sense approved 压子息/壓子息 · yā​zǐ​xī · to adopt to encourage pregnancy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    压子息 / 壓子息

    yā​zǐ​xī

    to adopt to encourage pregnancy

    (archaic) to adopt a child from another family in the hope that it will lead the couple to conceive their own biological child

    yā​zǐ​xí

    压 (literal) → 压/壓 · yā · to press 子息 (literal) → 子息 · zǐ​xī · children

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