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Let’s learn about the idiom 「一男半女」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

A son or daughter.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī nán bàn nǚ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat1 naam4 bun3 neui5

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