养老院 (養老院)
yǎng lǎo yuàn
Pinyin

Definition

养老院 (養老院)
 - 
yǎng lǎo yuàn
  1. nursing home

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

老
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  10. 10 outdated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
老公
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
老婆
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
老妈
lǎo mā
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 mom
老子
Lǎo zǐ
  1. 1 Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism
  2. 2 the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi

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)

Sample Sentences

是啊，不容易啊。你又是独生子，担子全得你一个人扛。哎，有没有想过送养老院呢？
shì a ，bù róngyì a 。nǐ yòu shì dúshēngzǐ ，dànzi quán děi nǐ yī ge rén káng 。āi ，yǒuméiyǒu xiǎng guo sòng yǎnglǎoyuàn ne ？
Yeah, it's not easy. And you're an only child, so all the burden is on you. Uh, have you ever thought about putting him in an old folks' home?
Go to Lesson 
话也不能这么说。给他找一个条件好的养老院，有专业人员看护，又可以和年纪差不多的人唠唠磕，有可能比你把他放在家里好。
huà yě bùnéng zhème shuō 。gěi tā zhǎo yī ge tiáojiàn hǎo de yǎnglǎoyuàn ，yǒu zhuānyè rényuán kānhù ，yòu kěyǐ hé niánjì chàbuduō de rén làolao kē ，yǒu kěnéng bǐ nǐ bǎ tā fàng zài jiālǐ hǎo 。
You can't say that. If you find him a good nursing home, with professional caretakers, where he can chat with people about the same age as him, it might even be better than putting him at home.
Go to Lesson 
原来，这家养老院推出了“陪伴是最长情的告白”志愿服务项目，年轻人可租住养老院的部分房间，月租仅三百元，但每人每月要为老人提供二十小时的志愿服务。
yuánlái ，zhè jiā yǎnglǎoyuàn tuīchū le “péibàn shì zuì chángqíng de gàobái ”zhìyuàn fúwù xiàngmù ，niánqīngrén kě zūzhù yǎnglǎoyuàn de bùfen fángjiān ，yuè zū jǐn sān bǎi yuán ，dàn měirén měiyuè yào wèi lǎorén tígōng èrshí xiǎoshí de zhìyuàn fúwù 。
It turned out that this nursing home launched the "Companionship is the most long-lasting" volunteer service project. Young people can rent rooms in the nursing home for a monthly rent of only 300 yuan, but each person must provide 20 hours of volunteer service for the elderly every month.
Go to Lesson 
近日，杭州一家民营养老院“迎来”一批年轻人的新闻引发热议。
jìnrì ，Hángzhōu yī jiā mínyíng yǎnglǎoyuàn “yínglái ”yī pī niánqīngrén de xīnwén yǐnfā rèyì 。
Recently, the news of a group of young people in a nursing home in Hangzhou has become a hot topic.
Go to Lesson 
盘活了闲置的床位资源，为养老院增添了活力和人气，还有助于补上养老服务的短板。
pánhuó le xiánzhì de chuángwèi zīyuán ，wèi yǎnglǎoyuàn zēngtiān le huólì hé rénqì ，hái yǒuzhùyú bǔ shàng yǎnglǎo fúwù de duǎnbǎn 。
Revitalise idle beds, liven up nursing home and also help to relieve the shortcomings of nursing home services.
Go to Lesson 
首先，对于养老院的老人而言，他们经常面临无人陪伴的尴尬境遇。年轻志愿者的出现，解决了老年人没人陪的问题。
shǒuxiān ，duìyú yǎnglǎoyuàn de lǎorén éryán ，tāmen jīngcháng miànlín wúrén péibàn de gāngà jìngyù 。niánqīng zhìyuànzhě de chūxiàn ，jiějué le lǎoniánrén méi rén péi de wèntí 。
First of all, the elderly in nursing homes often face awkward situations of being alone but the presence of young volunteers solved this problem.
Go to Lesson 
其次，对于年轻人来说，租住在养老院里服务老人，不仅做了有意义的志愿活动，而且象征性的三百元房租大大节省了生活成本，这也调动了他们志愿服务老人的积极性，从而形成一种可持续的志愿行为。
qícì ，duìyú niánqīngrén láishuō ，zūzhù zài yǎnglǎoyuàn lǐ fúwù lǎorén ，bùjǐn zuò le yǒu yìyì de zhìyuàn huódòng ，érqiě xiàngzhēngxìng de sān bǎi yuán fángzū dàdà jiéshěng le shēnghuó chéngběn ，zhè yě diàodòng le tāmen zhìyuàn fúwù lǎorén de jījíxìng ，cóngér xíngchéng yīzhǒng kě chíxù de zhìyuàn xíngwéi 。
Secondly, through meaningful volunteer work, young people can rent a room in a nursing home at a symbolic cost of 300 yuan rent which has greatly reduced their cost of living. This becomes a motivation for them thereby creating a sustainable voluntary behavior.
Go to Lesson 
养老院里迎来了年轻人，在志愿服务时间得到保证的前提下，老人有了新朋友，能在年轻人引导下接触到许多新鲜事物不仅心灵上得到了慰藉，心态也能跟着变年轻。
yǎnglǎoyuàn lǐ yínglái le niánqīngrén ，zài zhìyuàn fúwù shíjiān dédào bǎozhèng de qiántí xià ，lǎorén yǒu le Xīn péngyou ，néng zài niánqīngrén yǐndǎo xià jiēchù dào xǔduō xīnxiān shìwù bùjǐn xīnlíng shàng dédào le wèijiè ，xīntài yě néng gēnzhe biàn niánqīng 。
When young people move into the nursing home, the elderly makes friends with them knowing that they are in house volunteers. They get in touch with many new things under the guidance of these young people. They no longer feel lonely and their minds are kept young.
Go to Lesson 
最后，对养老院而言，这是一种可以实现多赢的尝试。与公立养老院一床难求相比，不少民营养老院“吃不饱”。
zuìhòu ，duì yǎnglǎoyuàn éryán ，zhèshì yīzhǒng kěyǐ shíxiàn duō yíng de chángshì 。yǔ gōnglì yǎnglǎoyuàn yī chuáng nán qiú xiāngbǐ ，bùshǎo mínyíng yǎnglǎoyuàn “chī bù bǎo ”。
Finally, for the nursing home, this is an attempt to achieve a win-win situation. Compared with the public nursing home where it is hard to find a bed. Many private nursing homes struggle to survive.
Go to Lesson 
引年轻人入住，一方面盘活了闲置的床位资源，另一方面，混龄居住，为养老院增添了活力和人气，有利于养老机构自身进一步发展。
yǐn niánqīngrén rùzhù ，yīfāngmiàn pánhuó le xiánzhì de chuángwèi Zīyuán ，lìngyīfāngmiàn ，hún líng jūzhù ，wèi yǎnglǎoyuàn zēngtiān le huólì hé rénqì ，yǒulì yú yǎnglǎo jīgòu zìshēn jìnyībù fāzhǎn 。
Inviting young people to stay, on the one hand, better utilities unused bed resources, on the other hand, living in mixed ages environment, injects vitality and life to the nursing home. These are beneficial to the further development of the old-age homes.
Go to Lesson