交媾 (jiāo gòu) — (formal, literary) to have sexual intercourse

Definition

Examples

• 科学家通过观察动物交媾行为来研究繁殖策略。
  Kē xué jiā tōng guò guān chá dòng wù jiāo gòu xíng wéi lái yán jiū fán zhí cè lüè.
  Scientists study animal mating behavior to understand reproductive strategies.
• 该古籍中有一段关于祭祀前不得交媾的记载。
  Gāi gǔ jí zhōng yǒu yí duàn guān yú jì sì qián bù dé jiāo gòu de jì zǎi.
  This ancient text contains a record of how people were forbidden from having sexual intercourse before sacrifices.
• 医学教材详细解释了人类交媾的生理过程。
  Yī xué jiào cái xiáng xì jiě shì le rén lèi jiāo gòu de shēng lǐ guò chéng.
  The medical textbook explains in detail the physiological process of human copulation.

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