含飴弄孫

See also: 含饴弄孙

Chinese

		to keep; to contain	syrup	to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley	grandson
trad. (含飴弄孫)		含	飴	弄	孫
simp. (含饴弄孙)		含	饴	弄	孙

Etymology

From Book of the Later Han.

吾但當含飴弄孫，不能復知政事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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吾但当含饴弄孙，不能复知政事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

Wú dàn dāng hányínòngsūn, bùnéng fù zhī zhèngshì. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hányínòngsūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄧˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄙㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴ ji⁴ lung⁶ syun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hányínòngsūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄧˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄙㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hányínòngsun
    • Wade–Giles: han²-i²-nung⁴-sun¹
    • Yale: hán-yí-nùng-swūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnyinonqsuen
    • Palladius: ханьинунсунь (xanʹinunsunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ i³⁵ nʊŋ⁵¹ su̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁴ ji⁴ lung⁶ syun¹
    • Yale: hàhm yìh luhng syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴ ji⁴ lung⁶ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴ yi⁴ lung⁶ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹ jiː²¹ lʊŋ²² syːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

含飴弄孫

1. to enjoy life in old age