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開房間

简开房间 · 繁開房間

Mandarin · pinyin kāi fáng jiān

to rent a room in a hotel
(of two people who are not married to each other) to rent a room for sex

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
房: fáng · house, building; room; 4th lunar mansion, determinative star π Scorpii
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开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
间: jiān · midpoint, space; place, locality

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1–2–1 · kai1 fang2 jian1

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verb

to rent a hotel room
(specifically, euphemistic) to have sex at a hotel

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