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冶遊

简冶游 · 繁冶遊

Mandarin · pinyin yě yóu

to go courting
to visit a brothel (old)
related to 野遊 yě yóu

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冶: yě · smelt, fuse metals; cast, found
遊: yóu · wander, roam, travel
游: yóu · to swim; float, drift; wander, roam

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3–2 · ye3 you2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

je5 jau4

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verb

(literary) to go for an outing in the spring or during a festivity
(literary, medicine) to visit a brothel; to visit a prostitute

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