厚养薄葬 hòu yǎng bó zàng

care well for parents, simple funeral

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to look after one's parents generously, but not waste money on a lavish funeral
  2. 2. generous care but a thrifty funeral

Characters

Character Meaning
厚 hòu HSK 4
thick; kind; generous
养 yǎng HSK 4
to bring up (children); to raise (animals); to keep (pets)
薄 bó HSK 5
thin; light; indifferent
葬 zàng HSK 6
to bury (the dead); to inter; old variant of 葬zàng