serve parents while living and give proper burial after death

serve parents while living and give proper burial after death

As an idiom, it is interpreted as children's support for their parents before death and burial after death. It's from Mencius, under the leaves.

Life support and death (Y ǎ ngsh ē ngs ò ngs ǐ) [explanation]: Children's support for their parents before they live and burial after they die. [source]: Mencius · lilouxia: "people who keep in good health are not enough to be a great event, but those who die can be a great event." Grammar: combined; used as predicate and attributive; with commendatory meaning