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  *養* | 養* | *養
to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth
HSK 2
nutrition / nourishment / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
to cultivate / to breed / to foster / to nurture / to educate / to groom (for a position) / education / fostering / culture (biology)
HSK 4
to cultivate / to raise / to form (a habit) / to acquire
HSK 4
to get well / to heal / to recuperate / to convalesce / convalescence / to nurse
HSK 4
to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance
HSK 5
accomplishment / training / self-cultivation
HSK 5
to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption
HSK 6
to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement
HSK 6
to educate; to bring up; to nurture / upbringing; breeding; culture
HSK 7-9
(personal) accomplishment / attainment in self-cultivation
HSK 7-9
to adopt (a child, pet etc)
HSK 7-9
to support / to provide support for / to maintain
HSK 7-9
to foster / to bring up / to raise
HSK 7-9
child support payment (after a divorce)
HSK 7-9
to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
HSK 7-9
to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth
HSK 7-9
nursing home
HSK 7-9
to recuperate / to recover / to convalesce
HSK 7-9
to raise / to rear
HSK 7-9
to raise; to breed (animals etc)
HSK 7-9
pension
HSK 7-9
to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal)
HSK 7-9
(Tw) nursing home; hospice
to take care of (sb's health) / to nurse
to bring up (a child)
child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
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 nourish one's skin / to maintain a youthful appearance
Yakult (Japanese brand of fermented milk drink)
(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age
to look after (elderly parents) / Taiwan pr. [feng4yang4]
to recover / to recuperate
beekeeping / apiculture
to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom) / to hide one's light under a bushel
foster mother / adoptive mother
aquaculture
to relax with one's eyes closed
to supply / to provide for one's elders / to support one's parents
to make offerings to (gods or ancestors) / Taiwan pr. [gong4yang4]
to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
to nourish
nourishment / nutrient
to rear (an animal) in an enclosure
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)
to raise bees
to foster / to provide care (esp. for the elderly)
to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
nutrient
to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom) / fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization
to convalesce / to recuperate / to fully relax
nutriology
to support a family / to raise a family
culture medium
to maintain / to conserve / curing (concrete etc)
to nourish / to nurture / to strengthen
to heal a wound / to recuperate (from an injury)
foster father / adoptive father
to rear / to bring up / to nurture
to raise (animals)
adopted daughter
the way of maintaining good health
to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push
zookeeper / stockman / breeder (of livestock, dogs or poultry etc)
to bring up (children) / to raise / to bear
pampered and spoiled since childhood
to rest / to recuperate / to regain composure
sanatorium
(idiom) to provide for one's family
alimony / child support / maintenance allowance
free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)
to take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health
reeducation through labor
son of a bitch
to maintain the land (with rotation of crops or fertilizer)
to train troops
to support one's family (idiom)
to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc) / to foster / to board out
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
nutriment / nourishment
chicken farm
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
provisions; supplies; victuals / (literary) to support; to provide for; to look after
aquaculture
to adopt (a child)
sanitorium / convalescent hospital
mental or spiritual cultivation
fishpond
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
culture fluid (in biological lab.)
visually attractive / eye candy / easy on the eyes / to protect the eyes
to abandon (a child, elderly family member, pet etc) / (literary) (of one's parents) to pass away
adopted son / foster son
to domesticate / to raise and train
to raise (animals)
old-age insurance
to place out for adoption
(idiom) frugality makes honesty
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

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