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色情狂

Mandarin · pinyin sè qíng kuáng

mad about sex
nymphomania

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色: sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
情: qíng · feeling, sentiment, emotion
狂: kuáng · insane, mad; violent; wild

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4–2–2 · se4 qing2 kuang2

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noun

abnormal sexual desire; sex mania; sexual perversion; nymphomania
person with abnormal sexual desires; sex pervert; nymphomaniac

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