哺育

bǔ yù · HSK 7

to nurture

🍼🤱 bǔ sounds like boob — a mother breastfeeds (哺) to nurture (育) her child

哺 means to chew food and feed it mouth-to-mouth, the oldest way to nourish a baby. 育 means to raise or rear. Together they capture the full arc from feeding to fostering growth.

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