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耦语
ǒu​yǔ

to whisper to each other

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耦语 耦語 ǒu​yǔ
to whisper to each other
To talk privately in pairs; to have a tete-a-tete. In ancient Chinese law, this specifically referred to the crime of two people talking together in public, which was punishable by death under the Qin Dynasty.