扶老携幼
fú lǎo xié yòu
Pinyin

Definition

扶老携幼
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fú lǎo xié yòu
  1. taking everyone along, young and old
  2. to look after the elderly and the young

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

lǎo
  1. 1 prefix 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
  2. 2 old (of people)
  3. 3 venerable (person)
  4. 4 experienced
  5. 5 of long standing
  6. 6 always
  7. 7 all the time
  8. 8 of the past
  9. 9 very
  10. 10 outdated
  11. 11 (of meat etc) tough
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
lǎo mā
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 mom
lǎo jiā
  1. 1 native place
  2. 2 place of origin
  3. 3 home state or region
lǎo shī
  1. 1 teacher
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
lǎo bǎn
  1. 1 variant of 老闆|老板[lǎo bǎn]
lǎo bà
  1. 1 father
  2. 2 dad
xié lǎo
  1. 1 to grow old together
gǔ lǎo
  1. 1 ancient
  2. 2 old
  3. 3 age-old
huí lǎo jiā
  1. 1 to go back to one's roots
  2. 2 to return to one's native place
  3. 3 by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
tiān huāng dì lǎo
  1. 1 until the end of time (idiom)
nián lǎo
  1. 1 aged
yòu
  1. 1 young
yòu ér
  1. 1 young child
  2. 2 infant
  3. 3 preschooler
yòu ér yuán
  1. 1 kindergarten
  2. 2 nursery school
yòu zhì
  1. 1 young
  2. 2 childish
  3. 3 puerile
bái tóu xié lǎo
  1. 1 (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss
  2. 2 until death do us part
Bǎi lǎo huì
  1. 1 Broadway (New York City)
lǎo rén
  1. 1 old man or woman
  2. 2 the elderly
  3. 3 one's aged parents or grandparents

Idioms (20)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo
  1. 1 until the end of time (idiom)
宝刀不老
bǎo dāo bù lǎo
  1. 1 lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever
  3. 3 the old man still has it
宝刀未老
bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
  1. 1 treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous
年老力衰
nián lǎo lì shuāi
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)
年老体弱
nián lǎo tǐ ruò
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)
扶危济困
fú wēi jì kùn
  1. 1 to help those in distress (idiom)
扶弱抑强
fú ruò yì qiáng
  1. 1 to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor
扶正压邪
fú zhèng yā xié
  1. 1 to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)
敬老尊贤
jìng lǎo zūn xián
  1. 1 to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
活到老,学到老
huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo
  1. 1 One is never too old to learn. (idiom)
济危扶困
jì wēi fú kùn
  1. 1 to help people in difficulty and bring relief to the needy (idiom)
济困扶危
jì kùn fú wēi
  1. 1 to help those in distress (idiom)
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
烂泥扶不上墙
làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng
  1. 1 useless (idiom)
  2. 2 worthless
  3. 3 inept
牡丹虽好,全仗绿叶扶
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lu:4 yè fú
  1. 1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好,全仗绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lu:4 yè fú chí
  1. 1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

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