What Does "都说养儿防老" (dōu shuō yǎng ér fáng lǎo) Mean?

dōu都shuō说yǎng养ér儿fáng防lǎo老

They say you raise a son so they can

HSK Vocabulary

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E22

Clip Timestamp

5:11

TMDB ID

272432

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	老头子	lǎo tóu zi	Old man.
2▶	都说养儿防老	dōu shuō yǎng ér fáng lǎo	They say you raise a son so they can
3	养儿防老	yǎng ér fáng lǎo	take care of you in your old age.

More Clips From Episode

Total 52 clips (Page 3 of 3)

HSK 3

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所以他们一定会想办法

suǒ yǐ tā men yí dìng huì xiǎng bàn fǎSo they will definitely try

HSK 4

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跟垃圾桶干上了

gēn lā jī tǒng gàn shàng leHe's obsessed with trash cans.

HSK 5

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周老板你好啊

zhōu lǎo bǎn nǐ hǎo aHello, Mr. Zhou.

HSK 4

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确实搬来搬去不方便哪

què shí bān lái bān qù bù fāng biàn nǎIt really is inconvenient to move it back and forth.

HSK 3

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我的车被人开走了

wǒ de chē bèi rén kāi zǒu leSomeone drove my car away! ♪ Ha ha ha ha ♪

HSK 6

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méi yǒu shā chēThere's no brake!

HSK 4

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你们到底要不要钱啊

nǐ men dào dǐ yào bù yào qián aDo you want the darn money or not?

HSK 5

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拿了钱赶紧滚出三江口

ná le qián gǎn jǐn gǔn chū sān jiāng kǒuTake the money and get out of Sanjiangkou.

HSK 2

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都这么不讲礼貌了

dōu zhè me bù jiǎng lǐ mào leare so impolite.

HSK 4

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从昨天到今天就没停过

cóng zuó tiān dào jīn tiān jiù méi tíng guòIt hasn't stopped since yesterday.

HSK 5

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所以你怎么在小胡同里

suǒ yǐ nǐ zěn me zài xiǎo hú tòng lǐSo how did you find it

HSK 7

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在我身边埋伏这么多年

zài wǒ shēn biān mái fú zhè me duō niánYou've been undercover next to me for so many years.