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出鐘

简出钟 · 繁出鐘

Mandarin · pinyin chū zhōng

(of a prostitute) to do an outcall
to accompany a customer to their place

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出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
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钟: zhōng · clock; bell

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1–1 · chu1 zhong1

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ceot1 zung1

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verb

(Cantonese, of a prostitute) to do an outcall

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