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"word": "дитя́ любви́"
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"sense": "child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents",
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},
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"sense": "child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents",
"word": "私生兒"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "sīshēngr",
"sense": "child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents",
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"sense": "child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents",
"word": "eksteredzeca infano"
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"sense": "child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents",
"word": "sohilaps"
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"sense": "child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents",
"word": "avioton lapsi"
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"word": "szerelemgyerek"
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"word": "anak luar nikah"
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"sense": "child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents",
"word": "사생아"
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"sense": "child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents",
"word": "러브 차일드"
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"word": "anak luar nikah"
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"word": "wótaashkiʼ"
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"word": "copil din flori"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents",
"word": "gayrimeşru çocuk"
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