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出月子

Mandarin · pinyin chū yuè zi

to complete the month of confinement following childbirth
cf 坐月子 zuò yuè zi

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出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
月: yuè · moon; month; Kangxi radical 74
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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1–4–5 · chu1 yue4 zi5

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ceot1 jyut6 zi2

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to complete one's 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)

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