颠 鸾 倒 凤

diān luán dǎo fèngdictionary entry

to have sexual intercourse

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Original source entry:

顛鸞倒鳳颠鸾倒凤 [dian1 luan2 dao3 feng4] /to have sexual intercourse/

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Other forms in these source records: 顛鸞倒鳳

颠
diān
top (of the head) / apex / to fall forwards / inverted / to jolt
鸾
luán
mythical bird related to phoenix
倒
dǎo
to fall / to collapse / to lie horizontally / to fail / to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
dào
to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet
凤
fèng
phoenix
Fèng
surname Feng

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