生兒育女
简 生儿育女 · 繁 生兒育女Meanings
- to bear and raise children
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1–2–4–3 · sheng1 er2 yu4 nu:3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
saang1 ji4 juk6 neoi5
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- (idiomatic) to bear and raise children
- (Mainland China, Internet slang, reinterpreted) to give birth to a boy, grown up to be a girl; to bear a son and raise a daughter transgendered
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