坐月

坐月

1. (dialectal) to go through yuezi, the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery that lasts for one month after childbirth, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in

坐月

1. (literary) to sit under the moon

   • 坐月觀寶書，拂霜弄瑤軫。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     坐月观宝书，拂霜弄瑶轸。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang dynasty, 李白 (Li Bai), 北山獨酌寄韋六

     Zuòyuè guān bǎoshū, fú shuāng nòng yáozhěn. [Pinyin]

     Sitting under the moon, I read precious writings; I brushed the frost as if playing the zither.