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上有老下有小

shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3. sandwich generation

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Child Words of 上有老下有小

下
xià

down

小
xiǎo

small

有
yǒu

to have; there is

上
shàng

on top

老
lǎo

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity