独生子 (獨生子)
dú shēng zǐ
Pinyin

Definition

独生子 (獨生子)
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dú shēng zǐ
  1. only son

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
女生
nǚ shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
孩子
hái zi
  1. 1 child

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...

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?
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说得没错，另外，80后独生子女大都自私傲娇，心智不够成熟，在婚姻生活里大多也不懂得退让不会用心经营，从某种程度上也造成如今社会的高出轨率。
shuō de méicuò ，lìngwài ，bālíng hòu dúshēngzǐnǚ dà dōu zìsī àojiāo ，xīnzhì bùgòu chéngshú ，zài hūnyīn shēnghuó lǐ dàduō yě bù dǒngde tuìràng bùhuì yòngxīn jīngyíng ，cóng mǒuzhǒng chéngdùshàng yě zàochéng rújīn shèhuì de gāo chūguǐ lǜ 。
You're right there. As well as that, the only children born in the 1980s are mostly all selfish and arrogant, and aren't very mature. They mostly don't understand how to back down in their married lives and don't make concerted efforts to make their marriages work. In a certain sense, this has also led to the high rate of cheating in today's society.
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八零后”是垮掉的一代，说他们大多是独生子女，所以娇生惯养，自私，不懂责任和分享。“九零后”是脑残的一代，只懂上网玩游戏，没理想，没追求。
bālínghòu ”shì kuǎdiàodeyīdài ，shuō tāmen dàduō shì dúshēngzǐnǚ ，suǒyǐ jiāoshēngguànyǎng ，zìsī ，bù dǒng zérèn hé fēnxiǎng 。“jiǔlínghòu ”shì nǎocán de yī dài ，zhī dǒng shàngwǎng wán yóuxì ，méi lǐxiǎng ，méi zhuīqiú 。
The generation born in the 80s is China's broken generation, because the majority of them were born as only children, so they are spoilt, entitled and selfish, with little understanding of responsibility or sharing. The generation born in the 90s is the bonehead generation. They spend all their time playing video games and have no ideals or ambitions.
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确实，80后独生子女，上有四位长辈，还有车贷房贷，如果再来俩孩子，真太不容易了！国家应该赶紧开个会出个政策保护80后。
quèshí ，bālíng hòu dúshēngzǐnǚ ，shàng yǒu sì wèi zhǎngbèi ，háiyǒu chēdài fángdài ，rúguǒ zài lái liǎ háizi ，zhēn tài bù róngyì le ！guójiā yīnggāi gǎnjǐn kāi gè huì chū gè zhèngcè bǎohù bālíng hòu 。
Indeed, the only children born in the 1980s have both parents and grandparents to look after, as well as car loans and mortgages, if you add a couple of kids to that, it's really difficult to handle! The country should hurry up and hold a meeting to come up with a policy to protect people born in the 1980s.
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早知道啦，夫妻双方只要有一方是独生子女，而且有一方是上海户籍就可以申请生第二个孩子了。
zǎo zhīdào la ，fūqī shuāngfāng zhǐyào yǒu yīfāng shì dúshēngzǐnǚ ，érqiě yǒu yīfāng shì Shànghǎi hùjí jiù kěyǐ shēnqǐng shēng dìèr gè háizi le 。
I've known about that for a while. In a couple, as long as one of the parties is an only child and one of them has Shanghai residency then they can apply to have a second child.
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上海曾经试点过“以房养老”，效果不好。这次国务院又提出来了，也是有理由的。现在大多都是“4 2 1”的家庭模式，独生子女一代的家庭压力是很大的，而且老年人晚年的花费也在不断增大，这种养老模式能改善“有房没钱”的老年人的现状，拓宽养老的渠道。
Shànghǎi céngjīng shìdiǎn guò “yǐfángyǎnglǎo ”，xiàoguǒ bù hǎo 。zhè cì guówùyuàn yòu tíchūlái le ，yě shì yǒu lǐyóu de 。xiànzài dàduō dōu shì “sìjiāèrjiāyī ”de jiātíng móshì ，dúshēngzǐnǚ yī dài de jiātíng yālì shì hěndà de ，érqiě lǎoniánrén wǎnnián de huāfèi yě zài bùduàn zēngdà ，zhè zhǒng yǎnglǎo móshì néng gǎishàn “yǒufáng méiqián ”de lǎoniánrén de xiànzhuàng ，tuòkuān yǎnglǎo de qúdào 。
Shanghai has tried “using homes to take care of the elderly” once before, and the results weren't good. This time the State Council brought it up again for good reason. Now most people are in “4 2 1” types of families. The pressure on those in the only child generation is extremely great, and the costs for the elderly in their final years continues to rise. This scheme for taking care of the elderly can change the situations of old people “with a house, but no money” for the better, and broaden the avenues for taking care of them.
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我们年纪大了，领养不到。就算能，也照顾不了孩子了。我唯一的寄托就是加入了一个QQ群，里面都是失去独生子女的苦命人。只有我们能互相安慰。其他人是没办法明白我们的痛苦的！
wǒmen niánjì dà le ，lǐngyǎng bùdào 。jiùsuàn néng ，yě zhàogu bùliǎo háizi le 。wǒ wéiyī de jìtuō jiùshì jiārù le yī gè QQ qún ，lǐmiàn dōu shì shīqù dúshēngzǐnǚ de kǔmìngrén 。zhǐyǒu wǒmen néng hùxiāng ānwèi 。qítā rén shì méi bànfǎ míngbai wǒmen de tòngkǔ de ！
We're already too old to adopt a child. Even if we could, we wouldn't be able to take care of them. My only source of comfort is a QQ group made up of sad people who lost their only children. Only we can comfort one another. Other people have no way to understand our pain!
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难怪咯！不过你跟你老公都不是独生子女，按规定不允许生二胎吧。
nánguài lo ！bùguò nǐ gēn nǐ lǎogōng dōu bùshì dúshēngzǐnǚ ，àn guīdìng bù yǔnxǔ shēng èrtāi ba 。
No wonder! But you and your husband aren't both single children. You're not allowed to have another kid.
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我担心整天做家务变成黄脸婆。男朋友是独生子，什么家务都不沾手。我也从小娇生惯养的，我老在想结婚后会不会因为鸡毛蒜皮的家务事跟他吵架。
wǒ dānxīn zhěngtiān zuò jiāwù biànchéng huángliǎnpó 。nán péngyou shì dúshēngzǐ ，shénme jiāwù dōu bù zhānshǒu 。wǒ yě cóngxiǎo jiāoshēngguànyǎng de ，wǒ lǎo zài xiǎng jiéhūn hòu huì bùhuì yīnwèi jīmáosuànpí de jiāwùshì gēn tā chǎojià 。
I’m worried that if I do housework all day I’ll turn into an ugly old shrew. My boyfriend is an only son. He won't do housework. I’ve been pampered my whole life too. I keep wondering if we’ll argue over trivial things around the house after we get married.
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是啊，什么电动的，遥控的，按个开关，自己就能动，就能飞了。可能因为现在都是独生子女。不像我们以前，要兄弟姐妹一起玩。
shì a ，shénme diàndòng de ，yáokòng de ，àn ge kāiguān ，zìjǐ jiù néng dòng ，jiù néng fēi le 。kěnéng yīnwèi xiànzài dōu shì dúshēngzǐnǚ 。bù xiàng wǒmen yǐqián ，yào xiōngdì jiěmèi yīqǐ wán 。
Yes, with these electric, remote control things, you just flip a switch and they move on their own, and even fly! Maybe it's because now everyone is an only child. It's not like it was for us. We could play with our brothers and sisters.
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