薄养厚葬

Traditional form:

薄養厚葬

Pinyin (reading):

bóyǎnghòuzàng

Definitions:

• to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral
• hypocrisy in arranging a lavish funeral after treating one's parents meanly

Characters:

• 薄 - thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
• 养 - to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
• 厚 - generous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)
• 葬 - to bury, to inter

Traditional characters:

• 薄 - thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
• 養 - to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
• 厚 - generous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)
• 葬 - to bury, to inter