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採花

简采花 · 繁採花

Mandarin · pinyin cǎi huā

to pick flowers
to enter houses at night in order to rape women

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採: cǎi · gather, collect; pick, select
花: huā · flower; blossoms
采: cǎi · collect, gather; pick, pluck

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3–1 · cai3 hua1

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verb

to pick flowers
(euphemistic) to break into a house to rape women

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