nòng​wǎ

to give birth to a girl

弄瓦 nòng//wǎ
to give birth to a girl
(literary) to have a baby girl or to celebrate the birth of a daughter; derived from an ancient custom where a girl was given a pottery spindle-whorl to play with in the hope that she would become skilled at weaving

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