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性交易

Mandarin · pinyin xìng jiāo yì

prostitution
commercial sex
the sex trade

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性: xìng · nature, character, sex
交: jiāo · mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver
易: yì · change; easy

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4–1–4 · xing4 jiao1 yi4

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