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Jyutping
soeng6 jau5 lou5 haa6 jau5 siu2
Pinyin
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
sandwich generation
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase
to have both one's aging parents and one's young children to take care of; to be a member of the sandwich generation