哺育 bǔyù to feed
to feed; (figuratively) to nurture; to foster
How to remember 哺育: 哺 to chew + 育 nurture = to feed.
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How it is used
- To feed and rear, and figuratively to nurture - 哺育后代 (bǔyù hòudài) raise the next generation; 大地哺育了万物 (dàdì bǔyù le wànwù) the earth nurtures all things.
- More figurative and lofty than 哺乳 (bǔrǔ, to suckle); often about fostering/nourishing in a broad sense. Literary.