created sense approved 耦语/耦語 · ǒuyǔ · to whisper to each other — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
耦语 / 耦語
ǒuyǔ
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.
耦 (literal) → 耦 · ǒu · pair 语 (literal) → 语/語 · yǔ · to speak
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