养老 yǎnglǎo to provide for the elderly (family members)
to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement
How to remember 养老: 养 to raise + 老 old = to provide for the elderly (family members).
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How it is used
- To provide for the elderly, or to live out one's retirement - 养老金 (yǎnglǎojīn) pension; 回家养老 (huíjiā yǎnglǎo) go home to spend one's later years.
- Covers both supporting aging parents and one's own retirement living; very productive: 养老保险 (yǎnglǎo bǎoxiǎn) old-age insurance, 养老院 (yǎnglǎoyuàn) nursing home.
- A key social-policy term in modern China's aging society.
Example sentences
- 我们今天得去养老院唱歌。 Wǒmen jīntiān děi qù yǎnglǎoyuàn chànggē.We have to sing at an old folks home today.