钥匙儿童
yào​shi'ér​tóng

latchkey child

  • created sense approved 钥匙儿童/鑰匙兒童 · yào​shi'ér​tóng · latchkey child — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    钥匙儿童 / 鑰匙兒童

    yào​shi'ér​tóng

    latchkey child

    a child who returns from school to an empty house because their parents are at work and who carries their own house key

    钥匙 (literal) → 钥匙/鑰匙 · yào​shi · key 儿童 (literal) → 儿童/兒童 · ér​tóng · children

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

    created sense