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    上有老下有小

    shàngyǒulǎoxiàyǒuxiǎo

    1. 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

    他上有老下有小,工作压力很大。 Tā shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo, gōngzuò yālì hěn dà.