坐月子
Chinese
| to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc.) | the month following childbirth, during which the mother goes through the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery, sometimes referred to in English as or; puerperium | ||
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| simp. and trad. (坐月子) |
坐 | 月子 | |
Pronunciation
Verb
坐月子
- to go through yuezi, the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery that lasts for one month after childbirth, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in
Synonyms
See also
- 月嫂 (yuèsǎo)
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