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失獨

简失独 · 繁失獨

Mandarin · pinyin shī dú

bereaved of one's only child

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失: shī · lose; make mistake, neglect
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独: dú · alone, single, solitary, only

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verb

(neologism, of parents) to lose one's only child (and be yet unable to have another one due to old age or government policy)

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