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This feature highlights the idiom 「身懷六甲」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

Liujia: According to legend, this is the day when God created the world. Refers to a woman’s pregnancy.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shēn huái liù jiǎ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

san1 waai4 luk6 gaap3

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