含饴弄孙 — Chinese idiom
含饴弄孙
hán yí nòng sūn
Traditional: 含飴弄孫
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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