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HSK
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to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth
HSK 2
to cultivate / to raise / to form (a habit) / to acquire
HSK 4
to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement
HSK 6
to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
HSK 7-9
to cultivate / cultivation / to further / to encourage
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
pension
HSK 7-9
to maintain / to conserve / curing (concrete etc)
mental or spiritual cultivation
to live like a prince (idiom)
to support a family / to raise a family
visually attractive / eye candy / easy on the eyes / to protect the eyes
to heal a wound / to recuperate (from an injury)
nutrient
(idiom) to provide for one's family
adopted daughter
to raise silkworms
foster mother / adoptive mother
to nourish one's skin / to maintain a youthful appearance
to rest / to recuperate / to regain composure
foster father / adoptive father
to train troops
adopted son / foster son
nutriment / nourishment
to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push
the way of maintaining good health
to recuperate / to convalesce / to take care of one's health after illness
to rear / to bring up / to nurture
lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity / fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom)
growing flowers
to maintain the land (with rotation of crops or fertilizer)
to support one's family (idiom)
road maintenance tax (China)
to encourage honesty / to discourage corruption
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
sheep husbandry
to raise (a child or animal)
(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age
to commit adultery (of married woman)
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)
cultivation industry
old-age insurance
beekeeper / apiculturist
fishpond
lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
regime (diet)
to be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter (idiom)
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
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
to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
dual pension scheme (PRC)
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
to raise bees
beekeeping / apiculture
silk industry
chicken farm
aquarium / fish tank


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