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上有老下有小 (soeng6 jau5 lou5 haa6 jau5 siu2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

上有老下有小 (soeng6 jau5 lou5 haa6 jau5 siu2, 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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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

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