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亵, the simplified form of 褻, is a phono-semantic compound that originally referred to undergarments or intimate clothing worn only within the home. In the traditional character, the clothes radical 衣 (yī) is split into top and bottom halves, enveloping the phonetic 埶 (yì); the simplified version maintains this split 衣 but replaces the phonetic with 执 (zhí). Because such garments were considered indecent to expose publicly, the character's meaning eventually broadened to encompass disrespectful, irreverent, or lewd behavior.
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他亵渎了神圣的地方。
不要亵玩他人的感情。
这件亵衣很舒适。
他的行为亵渎了宗教信仰。
亵渎神明是不可原谅的。
她用亵渎的语言侮辱了典礼。
古代亵衣的设计与现代不同。
尽管他声称无意亵渎，但言行仍冒犯了众多信徒。
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