Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)In contemporary China, a child with no siblings who is regarded as overly protected and spoiled. (Seen as belonging to a generation which is a product of China's "one-child" policy.)

    поствосьмидеся́тникpostvosʹmidesjátnik

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
spoiled child:

Origin

A calque of Chinese 小皇帝 (xiǎohuángdì).

A calque of Chinese 小皇帝 (xiǎohuángdì).

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Forms

plural: little emperors
Singularlittle emperor
Plurallittle emperors

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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