老牛舐犊

1. • lit. an old ox licking its calf (idiom)
2. • fig. (of parents) to dote on one's children

Character by character

• 老(lǎo)prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
• 牛(niú)surname Niu
• 舐(shì)lick
• 犊(dú)calf