膝下猶虛
xī​xià​yóu​xū

to have no children

  • created sense approved 膝下犹虚/膝下猶虛 · xī​xià​yóu​xū · to have no children — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    膝下犹虚 / 膝下猶虛

    xī​xià​yóu​xū

    to have no children

    (literary) to have no children of one's own; typically refers to middle-aged or elderly couples who remain childless

    膝下 (literal) → 膝下 · xī​xià · children 犹 (literal) → 犹/猶 · yóu · still 虚 (literal) → 虚/虛 · xū · empty

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

    created sense