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雙飛

简双飞 · 繁雙飛

Mandarin · pinyin shuāng fēi

flying in pairs
close union as husband and wife
round-trip flight
(slang) threesome

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双: shuāng · set of two, pair, couple; both
飞: fēi · fly; go quickly; dart; high

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

soeng1 fei1

Cantonese word readings for 雙飛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(of male and female birds) to fly in pairs
to fly to (a destination) and back, especially for travel
(slang) to have a threesome that involves one male and two females

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