留守儿童
留守儿童
liú shǒu ér tóng
"left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them
Traditional: 留守兒童
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- "left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them
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Related Words
暖巢管家(nuǎn cháo guǎn jiā)— housekeeper who looks after old people with no children or whose children do not live with them
→丁宠家庭(dīng chǒng jiā tíng)— double income family who have pets rather than children (see also 丁克[ding1 ke4])
→上有老下有小(shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo)— lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
→孩奴(hái nú)— "a slave to one's children", hard-working parents who would do everything to ensure their children's well-being, in disregard of their own needs
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