to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom); to debauch
trad. 逼良為娼
Also written 逼良為娼【bī liáng wéi chāng】
Characters in this word
4逼
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variant of 逼[bi1], to compel, to pressure
- Pinyin
- bī
- Traditional
- 偪
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 982 of 2500
良
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good, very, very much
- Pinyin
- liáng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 34938 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
娼
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prostitute
- Pinyin
- chāng
- Strokes
- 11