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坐月子

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ID: 0408 Advanced
你能想象一个月不洗澡是个什么样子吗？根据老祖宗传下来的规矩，中国女性在生完孩子后必须坐月子。也就是一个月内只能躺在床上，不能运动，不能入水，还必须吃很多补品。一个月之后，爱美的女性们能接受得了镜子中的自己吗？
Thu Jan 25 2007 | Jenny, 肖霞
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
媳妇儿 xífùr5 wife
哪门子 nǎménzi what
评理 pínglǐ to discriminate between right and wrong
坐月子 zuòyuèzi to follow certain Chinese post-childbirth customs
妈，您这是怎么啦？谁惹您老生这么大的气啊？
mā ，nín zhè shì zěnme la ？shéi rě nínlǎo shēng zhème dà de qì a ？
哼，去问你的好媳妇儿吧。
hēng ，qù wèn nǐ de hǎo xífùr5 ba 。
老婆，出了什么事？你怎么把妈气成这样？
lǎopo ，chū le shénme shì ？nǐ zěnme bǎ mā qì chéng zhèyàng ？
老公，我什么也没做啊。倒是婆婆，刚才我要去洗澡，她硬是不让，还把我训了一通。说什么女人刚生完孩子，一个月都不能洗澡。这是哪门子怪规矩啊？一个月不洗澡多不卫生啊。
lǎogōng ，wǒ shénme yě méi zuò a 。dàoshì pópo ，gāngcái wǒ yào qù xǐzǎo ，tā yìng shì bùràng ，hái bǎ wǒ xùn le yī tōng 。shuō shénme nǚrén gāng shēngwán háizi ，yīgeyuè dōu bùnéng xǐzǎo 。zhè shì nǎménzi guài guīju a ？yīgeyuè bù xǐzǎo duō bùwèishēng a 。
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