坐月子
zuò yuè zi
Pinyin

Definition

坐月子
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zuò yuè zi
  1. to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
坐
Zuò
  1. 1 surname Zuo
子
zǐ
  1. 1 son
  2. 2 child
  3. 3 seed
  4. 4 egg
  5. 5 small thing
  6. 6 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
  7. 7 Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  8. 8 ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
孩子
hái zi
  1. 1 child
房子
fáng zi
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 building (single- or two-story)
  3. 3 apartment
  4. 4 room
  5. 5 classifier: 栋 dòng
  6. 6 classifier: 幢 zhuàng
  7. 7 classifier: 座 zuò
  8. 8 classifier: 套 tào
  9. 9 classifier: 间 jiān

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel

Sample Sentences

哎，你不好好坐月子，以后要吃一辈子的苦头。
āi ，nǐ bù hǎohāo zuòyuèzi ，yǐhòu yào chī yībèizi de kǔtou 。
Agh, if you don't properly rest for a month after giving birth, you'll suffer for the rest of your life.
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这就是坐月子呀！等你出了月子，想怎么样就怎么样，我才不管你。
zhè jiùshì zuòyuèzi ya ！děng nǐ chū le yuèzi ，xiǎng zěnmeyàng jiù zěnmeyàng ，wǒ cái bùguǎn nǐ 。
That's how the first postnatal month of rest works! Once you've finished this month, you can do what you want and I won't bother you at all.
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咳，那种东西，听听就得了，谁还照做啊！就拿你们女的坐月子来说，你见过谁一个月不洗澡不洗头躺在床上？那虱子还不满天飞？
hài ，nà zhǒng dōngxi ，tīng ting jiù de le ，shéi hái zhào zuò a ！jiù ná nǐmen nǚ de zuò yuèzi láishuō ，nǐ jiàn guo shéi yī ge yuè bù xǐzǎo bù xǐtóu tǎng zài chuáng shang ？nà shīzi hái bù mǎntiānfēi ？
Ugh, that stuff? Just listen to it, that's enough. Who still actually follows those rules?! Take the one month of convalescence you women are supposed to have following childbirth – who have you ever met that didn't shower or wash their hair and just laid in bed for a whole month? Wouldn't there be fleas everywhere?
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去去去，你一个大男人懂什么？生完孩子要是不坐月子，会落下病根的。年轻的时候当然是看不出什么，等以后年纪大了，吃了苦头就知道了。老祖宗传下来的规矩不会错。
qù qù qù ，nǐ yī ge dànánrén dǒng shénme ？shēngwán háizi yàoshì bù zuòyuèzi ，huì làoxià bìnggēn de 。niánqīng de shíhou dāngrán shì kànbuchū shénme ，děng yǐhòu niánjì dà le ，chī le kǔtou jiù zhīdào le 。lǎozǔzōng chuán xiàlai de guīju bùhuì cuò 。
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是啊，妈，西方根本就没有坐月子这种说法。
shì a ，mā ，xīfāng gēnběn jiù méiyǒu zuòyuèzi zhèzhǒng shuōfa 。
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婆婆，我���是这个意思。只是在我的家乡并没有这种习俗。女人生完孩子马上就可以洗澡了，长这么大也没听说她们生什么病啊。还有您刚才跟我说的那个什么“坐月子”，整整一个月，不能吃冰激凌、喝凉水，不能洗澡，不能吹风，不能干家务，不能出去运动，每天只能躺在床上休息，还要喝一大堆鸡汤和鱼汤什么的，我觉得简直是受罪啊。
pópo ，wǒ bù shì zhège yìsi 。zhǐshì zài wǒ de jiāxiāng bìng méiyǒu zhèzhǒng xísú 。nǚrén shēngwán háizi mǎshàng jiù kěyǐ xǐzǎo le ，zhǎng zhème dà yě méi tīngshuō tāmen shēng shénme bìng a 。háiyǒu nín gāngcái gēn wǒ shuō de nàge shénme “zuòyuèzi ”，zhěngzhěng yīgeyuè ，bùnéng chī bīngjīlíng 、hē liángshuǐ ，bùnéng xǐzǎo ，bùnéng chuīfēng ，bùnéng gànjiāwù ，bùnéng chūqù yùndòng ，měitiān zhǐnéng tǎng zài chuáng shang xiūxi ，háiyào hē yīdàduī jītāng hé yútāng shénmede ，wǒ juéde jiǎnzhí shì shòuzuì a 。
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儿子，你听到了吧？快给我们评评理。我跟她说坐月子的时候千万不能洗头洗澡，否则以后会经常头痛、身子痛的，可她偏不信，难道我这做婆婆的还会害她不成？
érzi ，nǐ tīngdào le ba ？kuài gěi wǒmen píngping lǐ 。wǒ gēn tā shuō zuòyuèzi de shíhou qiānwàn bùnéng xǐtóu xǐzǎo ，fǒuzé yǐhòu huì jīngcháng tóutòng 、shēnzi tòng de ，kě tā piān bùxìn ，nándào wǒ zhè zuò pópo de hái huì hài tā bùchéng ？
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