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- 赡养
赡养
shàn yǎng
Meaning
- to support
Definition
供给生活所需，特指子女对父母或晚辈对长辈的供养。
To provide for the material needs of one's parents or elderly relatives.
Usage
常用于法律、道德或日常语境中，表示子女或晚辈承担对长辈的经济支持和照顾责任。
Commonly used in legal, moral, or daily contexts to indicate the responsibility of children or younger generations to support and care for their elders financially and materially.
Examples
- 1 子女有赡养父母的法定义务。 (Children have the legal obligation to support their parents.)
- 2 他每月寄钱回家赡养年迈的父母。 (He sends money home every month to support his elderly parents.)
- 3 赡养老人是中华民族的传统美德。 (Supporting the elderly is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation.)
- 4 法院判决他必须支付赡养费。 (The court ruled that he must pay alimony.)
- 5 她辞去工作专心赡养卧病在床的母亲。 (She quit her job to focus on caring for her bedridden mother.)
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