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月利

Mandarin · pinyin yuè lì

monthly interest

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月: yuè · moon; month; Kangxi radical 74
利: lì · gains, advantage, profit, merit

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4–4 · yue4 li4

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noun

monthly interest
(Eastern Min) the month following childbirth, during which the mother goes through the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in; puerperium

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