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China comes in second after South Korea on the list of most expensive places to raise a child from birth to age 18, according to a report from Yuwa Population Research. The United States is wedged in the middle of the top 14 most expensive places, between Germany and Japan.

Sky-high education costs and dimming economic prospects have put many Chinese off having more than one child or even having any at all.

生词短语：

come in second

居第二位

raise

抚养

wedge

将…挤入

dim

(使)变暗淡，变微弱

put off

使失去兴趣