kōng​cháo

empty nest (human household)

  • created sense approved 空巢 · kōng​cháo · empty nest (human household) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    kōng​cháo

    empty nest (human household)

    a home where the children have grown up and moved out, leaving the parents living alone

    空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · empty 巢 (literal) → 巢 · cháo · nest

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

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  • created sense approved 空巢 · kōng​cháo · empty nest (ornithology) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    kōng​cháo

    empty nest (ornithology)

    the period in a bird's nest between the young leaving and the next round of eggs being laid

    空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · empty 巢 (literal) → 巢 · cháo · nest

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

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