烏哺
wū​bǔ

to support one's parents

  • created reference approved 乌哺/烏哺 → 反哺 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    乌哺 / 烏哺 wū​bǔ

    反哺 fǎn​bǔ

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 乌哺/烏哺 · wū​bǔ · to support one's parents — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    乌哺 / 烏哺

    wū​bǔ

    to support one's parents

    (literary) to care for and support one's parents in their old age; a metaphor based on the legend that a young crow feeds its mother inidividual parents when they are old

    乌 (literal) → 乌/烏 · wū · crow 哺 (literal) → 哺 · bǔ · to feed

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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