乾兒子 gān ér zi

DEFINITIONS

  1. adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

CHARACTERS

乾 gān dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)
兒 ér son, child, oneself; final part
子 zi
HSK 1
offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch