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婚外戀

简婚外恋 · 繁婚外戀

Mandarin · pinyin hūn wài liàn

see 婚外情 hūn wài qíng

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婚: hūn · get married; marriage, wedding
外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
戀: Look up this written character
恋: liàn · love; long for, yearn for; love

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1–4–4 · hun1 wai4 lian4

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fan1 ngoi6 lyun2

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noun

(chiefly Mainland China) extramarital affair

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