霜天 shuāng tiān freezing weather / frosty sky 霜白 shuāng bái frosty 霜晨 shuāng chén frosty morning 暧昧关系 曖昧關係 ài mèi guān xì shady relationship / affair / adulterous relationship 亲缘 親緣 qīn yuán blood relationship / genetic relationship / consanguinity syn 联合国和国际刑事法院间关系协定 聯合國和國際刑事法院間關系協定 Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court / Relationship Agreement 关系协定 關系協定 Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court / Relationship Agreement 不正当关系 不正當關係 bù zhèng dàng guān xì improper relationship / illicit relationship 肌肤 肌膚 jī fū skin / flesh / fig. close physical relationship syn 冷战 冷戰 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms 若即若离 若即若離 ruò jí ruò lí lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom) / fig. to keep one's distance / (of a relationship) lukewarm / vague syn 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 掰 bāi to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship) syn 最低潮 zuì dī cháo lit. low tide / fig. the lowest point (e.g. of a relationship) 老牛吃嫩草 lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman 好马不吃回头草 好馬不吃回頭草 hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind 拉近 lā jìn to pull sb close to oneself / (fig.) (typically followed by 距離|距离[ju4li2]) to bridge (the distance between people) (i.e. to build a closer relationship) 乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship 破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng - chóng yuán lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited / a broken relationship is restored syn 遇冷 yù lěng to be exposed to cold temperatures / (fig.) (of a market, industry, relationship etc) to be in the doldrums / to suffer a downturn 开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish syn 热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn 鬼扯脚 鬼扯腳 guǐ chě jiǎo lit. ghost pulls your leg / involuntary tug of muscles / fig. very unlucky / fig. argumentative / fig. can't help doing it 外溢 wài yì (of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed 私人 sī rén private / personal / interpersonal / sb with whom one has a close personal relationship / a member of one's clique syn 交往 jiāo wǎng to associate (with) / to have contact (with) / to hang out (with) / to date / (interpersonal) relationship / association / contact syn 关联 關聯 guān lián to be related / to be connected / relationship / connection syn 一号 一號 yī hào first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) 缘分 緣分 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny syn 失恋 失戀 shī liàn to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted 人际关系 人際關系 rén jì guān xì interpersonal relationship 破裂 pò liè to burst / to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down syn 亲子 親子 qīn zǐ parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations 人情 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn syn 第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn 血统 血統 xuè tǒng blood relationship / lineage / parentage syn 缘份 緣份 yuán fèn also written 緣分|缘分 / fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny 渊源 淵源 yuān yuán origin / source / relationship syn 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 吹了 chuī le failed / busted / to have not succeeded / to have died / to have parted company / to have chilled (of a relationship) 情场 情場 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship 谈情说爱 談情說愛 tán qíng shuō ài to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship syn 客户关系管理 客戶關係管理 kè hù guān xi guǎn lǐ customer relationship management 血缘关系 血緣關係 xuè yuán guān xì blood relationship / consanguinity 男女关系 男女關係 nán nǚ guān xì man-woman connection / intimate relationship 相认 相認 xiāng rèn to know each other / to recognize / to identify / to acknowledge (an old relationship) 情变 情變 qíng biàn loss of love / breakup of a relationship 睦邻 睦鄰 mù lín to get on well with one's neighbors / amicable relationship with one's neighbor syn 私通 sī tōng to have secret ties with / to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc) / to engage in an illicit sexual relationship / adultery syn 不伦 不倫 bù lún (of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc) / unseemly 插足 chā zú to squeeze in / to step in / to take part / to step between (two persons in a relationship) syn 因由 yīn yóu reason / cause / predestined relationship (Buddhism) syn 断交 斷交 duàn jiāo to end a relationship / to break off diplomatic ties syn 隔山 gé shān half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step- 客户关系管理系统 kè hù guān xì guǎn lǐ xì tǒng Customer and Relationship Management System 鱼水 魚水 yú shuǐ fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability) syn 义 義 yì justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship syn 鱼水情 魚水情 yú shuǐ qíng close relationship as between fish and water syn 连襟 連襟 lián jīn husbands of sisters / brothers-in-law / extremely close (of a relationship) syn 伦 倫 lún human relationship / order / coherence syn 堂 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn 婆 pó (bound form) grandmother / (bound form) matron / (bound form) mother-in-law / (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship) syn 踢 tī to kick / to play (e.g. soccer) / (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) syn 傍 bāng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. pang2, bang1, bang4 syn 傍 bàng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4] syn 骑马找马 騎馬找馬 qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one syn 看人下菜碟儿 看人下菜碟兒 kàn rén xià cài dié r (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom) / not to treat everyone equally favorably 看人行事 kàn rén xíng shì to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom) 露水夫妻 lù shuǐ fū qī a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship 三角关系 三角關係 sān jiǎo guān xì triangular relationship / (esp.) a love triangle 共栖 共棲 gòng qī (old) (biology) to have a commensal relationship with (another organism) 分手代理 fēn shǒu dài lǐ "break-up agent", person who acts for sb who wishes to terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so 前生冤孽 qián shēng yuān niè predestined relationship 半糖夫妻 bàn táng fū qī weekend spouse / relationship involving a sugar-daddy 孽缘 孽緣 niè yuán ill-fated relationship 宿分 sù fèn predestined relationship 宿缘 宿緣 sù yuán (Buddhism) predestined relationship 对亲 對親 duì qīn courting / meeting for purpose of marriage / to settle into a relationship 撇清 piě qīng to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasise one is innocent or in the clear 断背 斷背 duàn bèi homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship) 异地恋 異地戀 yì dì liàn long-distance romance / long-distance relationship 着紧 著緊 zháo jǐn urgent / in a great hurry / in intimate relationship with sb 亲缘关系 親緣關係 qīn yuán guān xì phylogenetic relationship 逆伦 逆倫 nì lún unnatural relationship (parricide, incest etc) / unfilial conduct / against social morals 关系密切 關係密切 guān xì mì qiè close relationship / intimately related 关系营销 關係營銷 guān xi yíng xiāo relationship marketing 关涉 關涉 guān shè to relate (to) / to concern / to involve / connection / relationship syn 剂量－反应关系 dose-response relation / dose-response relationship 电力与环境关系问题专家组 Group of Experts on the Relationship between Electricity and the Environment 联合国和国际海洋法法庭合作与关系协定 Agreement on Cooperation and Relationship between the United Nations and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 具有联合国咨商关系的非政府组织会议 Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations 裁军和发展之间关系知名人士小组 Panel of Eminent Personalities on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development 裁军和发展之间关系国际会议行动纲领 Action Programme of the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development 工作关系 gōng zuò guān xì working relationship 法院和联合国之间关系协定工作组 法院和聯合國之間關系協定工作組 Working group on a Relationship Agreement between the Court and the United Nations 裁军和国际安全之间关系问题专家组 裁軍和國際安全之間關系問題專家組 Group of Experts on the Relationship between Disarmament and International Security 土壤、水、植物之间的关系 土壤、水、植物之間的關系 soil-water-plant relationship 联合国与国际原子能机构间关系协定 聯合國與國際原子能機構間關系協定 Agreement Governing the Relationship Between the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency 巴黎公约和维也纳公约的关系会议 巴黎公約和維也納公約的關系會議 Conference on the Relationship between the Paris Convention and the Vienna Convention 