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坐月子
zuò​yuè​zi

to convalesce after childbirth

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 坐 zuò verb
    to sit
    to sit; to take a seat; to rest one's weight on one's buttocks
  2. 月子 yuè​zi
    month of confinement, puerperium
    The first month following childbirth, traditionally spent in confinement to allow the mother to recover