含饴弄孙 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy
• fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age

Character by character

• 含hánto hold in the mouth; to contain; to cherish
• 饴yísyrup; sweet-meat, sweet-cake
• 弄nòngto do; to mock, to tease; to play with
• 孙sūngrandchild, descendent; surname

Idioms sharing a character

• 含商咀徵 hán shāng jǔ zhǐ
• 含垢忍辱 hán gòu rěn rǔ
• 含宫咀徵 hán gōng jǔ zhǐ
• 含情脉脉 hán qíng mò mò
• 含沙射影 hán shā shè yǐng
• 含糊其词 hán hú qí cí
• 含英咀华 hán yīng jǔ huá
• 含血喷人 hán xuè pēn rén
• 含辛茹苦 hán xīn rú kǔ
• 羹藜含糗 gēng lí hán qiǔ

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