坐月子

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to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, 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
simp. and trad.
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坐月子

  1. 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, lying-in, or postpartum confinement)
    當時坐月子病根 [MSC, trad.]
    当时坐月子病根 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè shì dāngshí zuòyuèzi lào xià de bìnggēn. [Pinyin]
    This symptom is caused by the previous improper postpartum care that she received.

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