赡养费 (贍養費)
shàn yǎng fèi
Pinyin

Definition

赡养费 (贍養費)
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shàn yǎng fèi
  1. alimony
  2. child support
  3. maintenance allowance

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

miǎn fèi
  1. 1 free (of charge)
péi yǎng
  1. 1 to cultivate
  2. 2 to breed
  3. 3 to foster
  4. 4 to nurture
  5. 5 to educate
  6. 6 to groom (for a position)
  7. 7 education
  8. 8 fostering
  9. 9 culture (biology)
làng fèi
  1. 1 to waste
  2. 2 to squander
xiāo fèi
  1. 1 to consume
  2. 2 to spend
yíng yǎng
  1. 1 nutrition
  2. 2 nourishment
  3. 3 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (20)

以债养债
yǐ zhài yǎng zhài
  1. 1 debt nurtures more debt (idiom)
修心养性
xiū xīn yǎng xìng
  1. 1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
俭以养廉
jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián
  1. 1 frugality makes honesty (idiom)
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. 1 to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
煞费苦心
shà fèi kǔ xīn
  1. 1 to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
  2. 2 at the cost of a lot of effort