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Definitions
1. to honor old people as we do our own aged parents
Components
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
吾
Wú
–
surname Wu
以及
yǐ jí
–
as well as
人
rén
–
man
之
zhī
–
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
Related Words
老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼
lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòu
–
to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own