金童玉女 jīn tóng yù nǚ lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom) / attendants of the Daoist immortals / fig. lovely young children / a golden couple / (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple 挼 ruá (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled / crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak / feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor / inferior 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn 耦 ǒu a pair / a mate / a couple / to couple / plowshare 狗男女 gǒu nán nǚ a couple engaged in an illicit love affair / a cheating couple 夫妇互助联盟国际 夫婦互助聯盟國際 Couple to Couple League International 二人世界 èr rén shì jiè world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple) / romantic couple's world 嗑CP kē C P (slang) to ship a couple (i.e. to strongly desire that a pair of fictional characters become a couple) / also pr. [ke4 C P] 磕糖 kē táng (slang) to revel in the sight of one's favorite couple being affectionate / to lap it up when one sees a couple whom one ships kissing or cuddling 溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn 发小 髮小 fà xiǎo (dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends 咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 㞎 bǎ (dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit 启海话 啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai 媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn 拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative 磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule 馃子 餜子 guǒ zi (dialect) pastry / (dialect) youtiao / deep-fried cruller 齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental 巴适 巴適 bā shì (Sichuan dialect) comfortable / suitable / excellent / really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb) / to curry favor with 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 一对 一對 yī duì couple / pair syn 夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 挂钩 掛鉤 guà gōu to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling syn 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yang mandarin ducks / affectionate couple syn 灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 速配 sù pèi fast matchmaking / speed dating / (coll.) (Tw) (of a couple) to be a good match 恩爱 恩愛 ēn ài loving affection (in a couple) / conjugal love syn 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 捉奸 捉姦 zhuō jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations) 对 對 duì right / correct / towards / at / for / concerning / regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite / facing / matching / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / to add / to pour in (a fluid) / to check / to compare / classifier: couple / pair syn 同房 tóng fáng (of a married couple) to have intercourse / (literary) to share the same room / of the same family branch syn 个把 個把 gè bǎ one or two / a couple of 小两口 小兩口 xiǎo liǎng kǒu (coll.) young married couple syn 鸳鸯浴 鴛鴦浴 yuān yāng yù taking a bath together as a couple 两下子 兩下子 liǎng xià zi a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade syn 佳偶 jiā ǒu happily married couple 破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng chóng yuán a shattered mirror put back together (idiom) / (of marriage) to pick up the pieces and start anew / for a separated couple to reconcile and reunite syn 劳燕分飞 勞燕分飛 láo yàn fēn fēi the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other syn 求子 qiú zǐ (of a childless couple) to pray for a son / to try to have a child 比翼齐飞 比翼齊飛 bǐ yì qí fēi to fly wing to wing (idiom) / two hearts beating as one / (of a couple) inseparable 双职工 雙職工 shuāng zhí gōng working couple (husband and wife both employed) 并蒂莲 並蒂蓮 bìng dì lián lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk / fig. a devoted married couple syn 野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 黄昏恋 黃昏戀 huáng hūn liàn fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life 怨偶 yuàn ǒu an unhappy couple (formal writing) 伉俪情深 伉儷情深 kàng lì qíng shēn married couple very much in love / deep conjugal love 青梅竹马 青梅竹馬 qīng méi zhú mǎ lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends syn 鸾飘凤泊 鸞飄鳳泊 luán piāo fèng bó lit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom) / fig. bold, graceful calligraphy / married couple separated from each other / talented person not given the opportunity to fulfill his potential syn 郎才女貌 láng cái nǚ mào talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple syn 牛衣对泣 牛衣對泣 niú yī duì qì couple living in destitute misery (idiom) 欢喜冤家 歡喜冤家 huān xǐ yuān jia quarrelsome but loving couple 白首齐眉 白首齊眉 bái shǒu qí méi (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom) 露水夫妻 lù shuǐ fū qī a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship 白头谐老 白頭諧老 bái tóu xié lǎo live to ripe old age in conjugal bliss / remain a devoted couple to the end of their lives 老两口儿 老兩口兒 lǎo liǎng kǒu r an old married couple 一对儿 一對兒 yī duì r a pair / a couple 匹偶 pǐ ǒu a married couple 合婚 hé hūn casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old) 新婚夫妇 新婚夫婦 xīn hūn fū fù newly married couple / newlyweds 独立门户 獨立門戶 dú lì mén hù to live apart from parents (of married couple) / to achieve independence 男才女貌 nán cái nǚ mào talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple 相配人 xiāng pèi rén match (couple) / persons well suited for each other 双独夫妇 雙獨夫婦 shuāng dú fū fù a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child 鲽鹣 鰈鶼 dié jiān harmonious and affectionate couple 鹣鹣 鶼鶼 jiān jiān lit. a pair of mythical birds who depend on each other / fig. an inseparable couple 天生一对 天生一對 tiān shēng yī duì a match made in heaven / a perfect couple 双份收入夫妇 雙份收入夫婦 dual-career couple 天生的一对 天生的一對 tiān shēng de yī duì couple who were made for each other 耦园 耦園 ǒu yuán Couple's Retreat Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu 轧马路 軋馬路 yà mǎ lù to stroll around the streets (esp. of a young couple) 刚柔并济 剛柔並濟 gāng róu bìng jì to couple strength and gentleness (idiom) 奸夫淫妇 姦夫淫婦 jiān fū yín fù adulterous couple 俪影 儷影 lì yǐng photo of a (married) couple 两情相悦 兩情相悅 liǎng qíng xiāng yuè (of a couple) to be harmonious / to be each other's sunshine 单非 單非 dān fēi a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen 堵床上 dǔ chuáng shàng (coll.) to catch an adulterous couple in the act 夫妻相 fū qī xiàng similarity in features of an old couple / common facial traits that show predestination to be married together 抓奸 抓姦 zhuā jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations) 腻歪 膩歪 nì wai (of a couple) to be sweet to each other / lovey-dovey / tired of / fed up with / sick of (synonym of 膩味|腻味[ni4wei5]) 双非 雙非 shuāng fēi a couple where both spouses are not Hong Kong citizens 不干不净，吃了没病 不乾不淨，吃了沒病 bù gān bù jìng , chī le méi bìng a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm 尐 jié (literary) few / a couple of 鱼水之欢 魚水之歡 yú shuǐ zhī huān the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom) / sexual intercourse 两口儿 兩口兒 liǎng kǒu r husband and wife / couple 敦伦 敦倫 dūn lún to strengthen moral ties between people / to have sexual intercourse (of a married couple) 放闪 放閃 fàng shǎn (coll.) (of a couple) to display affection in public or by posting photos on social media 拼婚 pīn hūn to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc 