Definition
襁褓 literally refers to the swaddling clothes used to wrap infants, but it's almost always used metaphorically to mean 'early infancy' or 'the earliest stage of life.' You'll see it in the set phrase 襁褓之中 (in swaddling clothes / in infancy) to describe a baby or the beginning of something abstract like a career or institution.
n.
swaddling clothesinfancy (often metaphorical)
Examples
- 襁褓。Zhège háizi hái zài qiǎng bǎo zhī zhōng.This child is still in infancy.
- ，襁褓。Tā cóng xiǎo shīqù fùmǔ, zài qiǎng bǎo zhōng jiù bèi rén shōuyǎng le.He lost his parents early and was adopted while still a baby.
- 襁褓。Zhè jiā gōngsī zài qiǎng bǎo jiēduàn jiù huòdé le tóuzī.This company received investment while still in its infancy.
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