老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼
Dictionary entry
to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own
What does 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼 mean?
老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼 (lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòu) has the following dictionary meaning.
1to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own
Character breakdown
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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)吾Wúsurname Wu以yǐold variant of 以[yi3]及jíand · to reach人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him幼yòuyoung
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How to pronounce 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼
老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼
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