留守老人

liúshǒulǎorén

noun

Measure Word

一个留守老人 gè

Meanings

1 elderly people left behind in rural villages when adult children migrate to cities for work

Characters

guard, keep watch

Examples

很多农村的留守老人独自生活。

Hěn duō nóngcūn de liúshǒulǎorén dúzì shēnghuó.

Many left-behind elderly in the countryside live alone.

政府正在关注留守老人的养老问题。

Zhèngfǔ zhèngzài guānzhù liúshǒulǎorén de yǎnglǎo wèntí.

The government is paying attention to the elderly-care problem of left-behind seniors.

过年时子女回家看望留守老人。

Guònián shí zǐnǚ huíjiā kànwàng liúshǒulǎorén.

Children return home during Chinese New Year to visit the elderly left behind.

Tips

culture

Counterpart to 留守儿童 (left-behind children). Both terms describe the social cost of mass rural-to-urban migration since the 1990s, with elderly parents and young children remaining in the village while working-age adults labor in coastal cities.

Stroke Order

留 liú

守 shǒu

老 lǎo

人 rén