老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼

to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

surname Wu

I / my (old)

(old) I; my

old variant of 以[yi3]

old variant of 以[yi3]

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)

as well as / too / and

and / to reach / up to / in time for

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

to honor old people as we do our own aged parents

young

to care for other's children as one's own