take advantage of sth/sb -占便宜
In 2021 a grandfather in another part of Sichuan was given 100,000 yuan in child-care fees, with the judge scolding the child’s mother and father for Kenlao, or “gnawing on the elderly”. The term is used to describe taking advantage of one’s parents.
2021 年,四川另一个地区的一位爷爷被判获得10 万元“带孙费”,法官斥责孩子的父母 “啃老”,也就是一味向父母索取。
摘自《经济学人》20231012期-Babysitting duties are stressing China's grandparents