幼吾幼，以及人之幼

Traditional form:

幼吾幼，以及人之幼

Pinyin (reading):

yòuwúyòu,yǐjírénzhīyòu

Definitions:

• to care for other's children as one's own

Characters:

• 幼 - infant, young child; immature
• 吾 - I, my, our; to resist, to impede
• 幼 - infant, young child; immature
• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 及 - to extend; to reach; and; in time
• 人 - man, person; people
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 幼 - infant, young child; immature

Traditional characters:

• 幼 - infant, young child; immature
• 吾 - I, my, our; to resist, to impede
• 幼 - infant, young child; immature
• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 及 - to extend; to reach; and; in time
• 人 - man, person; people
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 幼 - infant, young child; immature