ADOPTION    收養

REAR the CHILD of ANOTHER as one's OWN, AND TREAT the CHILD of ANOTHER as one's OWN CHILD.
TAKE AS ONE'S CHILDBE ADOPTIVE PARENTS TOTAKE INTAKE CARE OF
Old Chinese Criteria
NO WORD FOR THIS IN PRE-BUDDHIST CHINESE?
    Hypernym
    • REAR　FEED AND PROTECT ENDURINGLY so as to CAUSE TO GROW. (anc: 13/0, child: 1)
    • FEED　CAUSE TO EAT NECESSARY FOOD. (anc: 12/0, child: 1)
    • CAUSE TO　MOVE in SUCH a way that THEREFORE someone or something else CHANGES. (anc: 11/0, child: 18)
  • "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China" ( UNGER SACH) p.

    ADOPTION

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 73A

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