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上有老下有小【shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo】

lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
sandwich generation

上有老下有小【shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo】

lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
sandwich generation

上

HSK 11

含义top; superior, highest; go up, send up

拼音shàng

有

HSK 11

含义have, own, possess; exist

拼音yǒu

老

HSK 11

含义old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125

拼音lǎo

下

HSK 11

含义under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down

拼音xià

小

HSK 11

含义small, tiny, insignificant

拼音xiǎo