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HSK
pampered and spoiled since childhood
to take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health
to raise (animals)
cultivation industry
road maintenance tax (China)
(biology) autotroph
to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom)
accomplishment / training / self-cultivation
HSK 5
to take care of one's spirit and keep fit (idiom)
to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance
HSK 5
to keep (an animal) / to look after the needs of (a person or an animal) / (fig.) to keep (a spy, lackey etc) in one's pay
to support a family / to raise a family
lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
to look after (elderly parents) / Taiwan pr. [feng4yang4]
to cultivate / to raise / to form (a habit) / to acquire
HSK 4
to recover / to recuperate
(Tw) beauty product; skincare product
nutrition / nourishment / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age
to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption
HSK 6
to cultivate / to breed / to foster / to nurture / to educate / to groom (for a position) / education / fostering / culture (biology)
HSK 4
culture medium
to foster / to bring up / to raise
HSK 7-9
nutrient
child support payment (after a divorce)
HSK 7-9
to spoil / to indulge sb (usu. a child)
Petri dish
domestic (animals) / home reared
to sponsor / to adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support) / to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)
(personal) accomplishment / attainment in self-cultivation
HSK 7-9
aquaculture
to raise (animals)
malnutrition / undernourishment / deficiency disease / dystrophy
(idiom) to provide for one's family
to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
to bring up (a child)
to supply / to provide for one's elders / to support one's parents
to make offerings to (gods or ancestors) / Taiwan pr. [gong4yang4]
sanitorium / convalescent hospital
to raise (a child) frugally
to support one's family (idiom)
to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
HSK 7-9
to live like a prince (idiom)
to educate; to bring up; to nurture / upbringing; breeding; culture
HSK 7-9
aquaculture
to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
reeducation through labor
adopted daughter
to nourish / to nurture / to strengthen
child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
cell culture
to take care of (sb's health) / to nurse
diet
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to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth
HSK 2
to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push
Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom
fishpond
to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc) / to foster / to board out
cell cultivator
to raise / to rear
HSK 7-9
foster mother / adoptive mother
sheep husbandry
to adopt (a child)
nutritionist / dietitian
nutrient
to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom) / to hide one's light under a bushel
lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
Yakult (Japanese brand of fermented milk drink)
to recuperate / to recover / to convalesce
HSK 7-9
lit. to foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom); tolerating budding evil can only lead to disaster / to cherish a viper in one's bosom
alimony / child support / maintenance allowance
to place out for adoption
beekeeper / apiculturist
culture fluid (in biological lab.)
to train troops
chicken farm
to keep (a mistress)
generous care but a thrifty funeral / to look after one's parents generously, but not waste money on a lavish funeral
to get well / to heal / to recuperate / to convalesce / convalescence / to nurse
HSK 4
stock farming / animal husbandry
beekeeping / apiculture
to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal)
HSK 7-9
free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)
to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment; to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild
to adopt (a child, pet etc)
HSK 7-9
nutrient
foster father / adoptive father
pension
HSK 7-9
lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity / fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom)
nourishment / nutrient
provisions; supplies; victuals / (literary) to support; to provide for; to look after
to raise; to breed (animals etc)
HSK 7-9
to raise silkworms
(Tw) nursing home; hospice
nutriology
to rest / to recuperate / to regain composure
to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
farm / feed lot / dry lot

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