老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼
Traditional form:
老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼
Pinyin (reading):
lǎowúlǎo,yǐjírénzhīlǎo,yòuwúyòu,yǐjírénzhīyòu
Definitions:
- to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own
Characters:
- 老 - old, aged; experienced
- 吾 - I, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 老 - old, aged; experienced
- 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
- 老 - old, aged; experienced
- 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:
- 老 - old, aged; experienced
- 吾 - I, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 老 - old, aged; experienced
- 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
- 老 - old, aged; experienced
- 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