上有老下有小
Dictionary entry
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
What does 上有老下有小 mean?
上有老下有小 (shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
2fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
3sandwich generation
Character breakdown
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上shǎngused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]有yǒuto have; there is · (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity · old (of people)下xiàdown · downwards小xiǎosmall · tiny
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