1 father and mother

2 parents

1 father

2 also pr. [fù qin]

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 father's sister's husband

2 husband of paternal aunt

3 uncle

1 husband of mother's sister

2 uncle

1 to send

2 to mail

3 to entrust

4 to depend on

5 to attach oneself to

6 to live (in a house)

7 to lodge

8 foster (son etc)

1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)

1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor

1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it

2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛

1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)