留守家庭

liúshǒu jiātíng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 left-behind family (whose spouse or parents work away from home)
  2. 2 stay-at-home family

Examples

HSK 4
Hěnduō nóngcūn liúshǒu jiātíng zhǐyǒu lǎorén hé háizi.
Many rural left-behind families consist only of elderly and children.
HSK 7-9
Zhàngfu zài wàidì dǎgōng, tā chéng le liúshǒu jiātíng de zhǔxīngǔ.
With her husband working away, she became the backbone of the left-behind family.

Tips

culture
Tied to China's migrant-labor economy: workers move to coastal cities while spouses, parents, or children (留守儿童) stay in the hometown. A recurring topic in 2010s-20s social-policy reporting.

Stroke Order

liú
shǒu
jiā
tíng