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同房

Mandarin · pinyin tóng fáng

(of a married couple) to have intercourse
(literary) to share the same room
of the same family branch

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同: tóng · same, similar; together with
房: fáng · house, building; room; 4th lunar mansion, determinative star π Scorpii

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2–2 · tong2 fang2

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tung4 fong2

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adj

of the same branch of the family

verb

(euphemistic, chiefly of husband and wife) to sleep together; to have sex

verb

to live in the same room

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