养（養）yǎnɡⅠ ❶ （供养） support; provide for: ～ 家 support a family
❷ (饲养； 培植) raise; keep; grow: ～ 蜂 keep bees; ～ 花 grow flowers; ～ 鸟 keep pet birds; ～ 鸭 raise ducks
❸ （生育） give birth to: 她 ～ 了个儿子。 She gave birth to a boy.
❹ （培养） form; acquire; cultivate: ～ 成良好的习惯 cultivate good habits
❺ (使身心得到滋补或休息， 以增进精力或恢复健康)rest; convalesce; heal; recuperate one's health: 静 ～ rest quietly to recuperate; convalesce; ～ 好伤 heal one's wounds; ～ 身体 recuperate
❻ （养护） maintain; keep in good repair: ～ 路 maintain a road or railway
❼ (毛发留长； 蓄发) wear one's hair long Ⅱ (抚养的； 非亲生的) foster; adoptive: ～ 父[母] foster father [mother]; ～ 子 [女] adopted son [daughter] Ⅲ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 由基 Yang Youji
◆养兵 maintain an army; 养兵千日， 用兵一时 A thousand days the country nurtures its soldiers and all for one day's battle.; Armies are to be maintained for years but used on a single day.Troops are kept a thousand days to be used on one day.; 养病 take rest and nourishment to regain one's health; recuperate; convalesce; 养蚕 rearing of silkworms; sericulture; silkworm breeding; 养成 cultivate; develop; 养分 nutrient; 养护 maintain; conserve; curing; 养活 [口] support; feed; raise; give birth to; 养精蓄锐 recuperate and build up energy; build up strength and store up energy; nourish one's spirit and store up vigor — to get oneself well prepared; train an excellent army in preparation for war; 养老 provide for the aged; live out one's life in retirement; {穴位} Yanglao (S 16); 养老保险 the aged insurance; 养老金 old-age pension; pension; annuity; 养料 aliment; nutriment; nourishment; pabulum; 养路 maintain a road or railway; highway or railroad maintenance; 养母 adoptive mother; foster mother; 养女 adopted daughter; foster daughter; 养神 rest to attain mental tranquility; repose; 养生 preserve one's health; nourishing of life; keep in good health; 养生之道 a way of keeping good health; a way [mode] of life; regimen; rules of physical and mental health; the way to keep in good health; 养痈遗[成]患 A carbuncle neglected becomes the bane of your life — leaving evil unchecked spells ruin.; appeasement will bring great disasters afterwards;Bring up a raven and he'll pick up your eyes.; let an ulcer grow and fail to cut it in time and regret it afterwards; 养鱼 fish-farming; fish farm; fish culture; pisciculture; 养育 bring up; rear; raising; breeding; 养殖 cultivation; culture; breed; 养子 adopted son; foster son; adopted child; foster child; bear or bring up a child; 养尊处优 provide for oneself and live comfortably; enjoy wealth and honor; lead a comfortable life |