养儿防老 in English yang3 er2 fang2 lao3 Meaning

Meanings

• (of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age

Pinyin

yang3 er2 fang2 lao3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

养yang3to raise (animals) 儿er2variant of 人[ren2] 防fang2to protect 老lao3prefix 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