上有老下有小
Traditional form:
上有老下有小
Pinyin (reading):
shàngyǒulǎoxiàyǒuxiǎo
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
- 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 老 - old, aged; experienced
- 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
- 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 小 - small, tiny, insignificant
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