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The featured idiom 「淫言媟語」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Flirtatious words; obscene and lascivious remarks.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yín yán xiè yǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yam4 yin4 sit3 yu5

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