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郎君

Mandarin · pinyin láng jūn

my husband and master (archaic)
playboy of rich family
pimp

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郎: láng · gentleman, young man; husband
君: jūn · sovereign, monarch, ruler, chief, prince

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noun

playboy of a rich family
pimp

pron

(dated) you; my husband and master (when addressing one's husband)

name

(～鎮) Langjun (a town in Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

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