留守兒童 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 留守儿童 liúshǒuértóng ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄦˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ "left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them Character by character 留(liú)leave 守(shǒu)guard 兒(ér)child 童(tóng)surname Tong A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0