上有老下有小
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom); fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children; sandwich generation
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- (idiom) lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- sandwich generation
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绕膝(rào xī)· (children) run around parent's knees
→孔融让梨(Kǒng Róng ràng lí)· Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
→后进(hòu jìn)· less advanced
→上天(shàng tiān)· Heaven
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