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發生關係

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Mandarin · pinyin fā shēng guān xi

to have sex with sb

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發: fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
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发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation
系: xì · system; line, link, connection

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1–1–1–5 · fa1 sheng1 guan1 xi5

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