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to cultivate / to breed / to foster / to nurture / to educate / to groom (for a position) / education / fostering / culture (biology)
HSK 4
nutrition / nourishment / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
accomplishment / training / self-cultivation
HSK 5
to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance
HSK 5
to get well / to heal / to recuperate / to convalesce / convalescence / to nurse
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth
HSK 2
nursing home
HSK 7-9
to cultivate / to raise / to form (a habit) / to acquire
HSK 4
to raise; to breed (animals etc)
HSK 7-9
to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption
HSK 6
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
to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement
HSK 6
to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal)
HSK 7-9
to support / to provide support for / to maintain
HSK 7-9
malnutrition / undernourishment / deficiency disease / dystrophy
pampered and spoiled since childhood
child support payment (after a divorce)
HSK 7-9
to adopt (a child, pet etc)
HSK 7-9
policy of high pay to discourage corruption
to recuperate / to recover / to convalesce
HSK 7-9
to be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter (idiom)
to foster / to bring up / to raise
HSK 7-9
to maintain the land (with rotation of crops or fertilizer)
(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age
to educate; to bring up; to nurture / upbringing; breeding; culture
HSK 7-9
reeducation through labor
(personal) accomplishment / attainment in self-cultivation
HSK 7-9
pension
HSK 7-9
culture medium
old-age insurance
breastfeeding
visually attractive / eye candy / easy on the eyes / to protect the eyes
(Tw) beauty product; skincare product
(idiom) to provide for one's family
Petri dish
nutriment / nourishment
to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push
chicken farm
to look after (elderly parents) / Taiwan pr. [feng4yang4]
growing flowers
to adopt (a child)
lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity / fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom)
silk industry
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
feed / rear
adopted daughter
to rest / to recuperate / to regain composure
lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
HSK 7-9
to train troops
adopted son / foster son
the way of maintaining good health
beekeeper / apiculturist
to support a family / to raise a family
to foster / to bring up / to raise
to support one's family (idiom)
cultivation industry
to commit adultery (of married woman)
custody (of a child etc)
to recover / to recuperate
to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
to keep (a mistress)
sheep husbandry
Yakult (Japanese brand of fermented milk drink)
to raise silkworms
to raise (animals)
to nourish one's skin / to maintain a youthful appearance
to raise / to rear
HSK 7-9
to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc) / to foster / to board out
free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)
to nourish
to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
beekeeping / apiculture
aquaculture
nutrient
aquarium / fish tank
to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
to raise (a child) indulgently
child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
fishpond
to supply / to provide for one's elders / to support one's parents
to make offerings to (gods or ancestors) / Taiwan pr. [gong4yang4]
to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom) / to hide one's light under a bushel
mental or spiritual cultivation
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
farm / feed lot / dry lot
road maintenance tax (China)
to bring up (children) / to raise / to bear
to live like a prince (idiom)
nutrient
domestic (animals) / home reared
to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom)
to recuperate / to convalesce / to take care of one's health after illness
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
cell cultivator
to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral / hypocrisy in arranging a lavish funeral after treating one's parents meanly
to rear / to bring up / to nurture
to abandon (a child, elderly family member, pet etc) / (literary) (of one's parents) to pass away
nutrient

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