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嫪毐

Mandarin · pinyin Lào Ǎi

Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis
in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao

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嫪: lào · hanker
毐: ǎi · person of reprehensible morals; immoral; adulterer

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4–3 · Lao4 Ai3

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lou6 oi2

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Lao Ai (a phony eunuch who was secretly the lover of Queen Dowager Zhao, the mother of Qin Shi Huangdi)

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