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我一個大兒子
一個兒子
寶貝疙疸兒
開胸順氣丸
NOTES
These words are often repeated by the pekinese mothers to their babies 疙疸兒 ko1 ta1 'r means here a little thing of a round form just as it was a round metal button. 開胸順氣丸 k'ai1 hsiung1 shun4 ch'i4 uan2, is a medical pill advised by Chinese doctors to people who feel the breast oppressed and the respiration uneasy. The literal translation of its name is "pill which opens (lightens) the breast and makes the respiration easy. The mothers liken their babies to that pill, and really every mother holding her child in her arms must feel happy and free from every sorrow.
TRANSLATION.
This one great son of mine! ― one son of mine! a precious little thing! ― a pill who lightens the heart and makes people happy!