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孩奴

háinú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 child slave (parents who exhaust themselves financially and emotionally for their child)
  2. 2 parents enslaved by child-rearing costs

Examples

生完孩子以后，她觉得自己成了孩奴。
Shēng wán háizi yǐhòu, tā juéde zìjǐ chéng le háinú.
After having the baby, she felt like she had become a child slave.
不想当孩奴是很多年轻人不生的理由。
Bù xiǎng dāng háinú shì hěnduō niánqīngrén bù shēng de lǐyóu.
Not wanting to be enslaved by childcare is a reason many young people don't have kids.

Tips

culture
Part of a family of 2000s-era 奴 (slave) coinages: 房奴 (mortgage slave), 车奴 (car-loan slave), 孩奴 (child slave). They reflect anxiety over how major life milestones trap urban Chinese in financial grind.

Stroke Order

孩 hái
奴 nú