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"(old) perfect wife" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
贤妻 賢妻 xián qī (old) perfect wife / you, my beloved wife
Chinese Pinyin Translation
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
老账 老賬 lǎo zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
妻小 qī xiǎo wife and children / (old) wife syn
贤慧 賢慧 xián huì (of a wife) wise and kind / perfect in her traditional roles
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old)
前妻 qián qī ex-wife / late wife syn
家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children / wife syn
正室 zhèng shì primary wife (in contrast to concubine) / legal wife
舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn
贤内助 賢內助 xián nèi zhù (said of sb else's wife) a good wife syn
孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn
鼓盆之戚 gǔ pén zhī qī drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife
妗子 jìn zi (informal) mother's brother's wife / maternal uncle's wife syn
舅嫂 jiù sǎo wife's brother's wife, sister-in-law
孙媳夫 孫媳夫 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife
侄媳妇 姪媳婦 zhí xí fu brother's son's wife / nephew's wife syn
鼓盆 gǔ pén lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife
宠妾灭妻 寵妾滅妻 chǒng qiè miè qī favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom) / spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
侄媳妇 姪媳婦 zhí xí fù brother's son's wife / nephew's wife syn
孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fù son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
童叟无欺 童叟無欺 tóng sǒu wú qī cheating neither old nor young (idiom) / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
翻老账 翻老賬 fān lǎo zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
翻旧账 翻舊賬 fān jiù zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
老少无欺 老少無欺 lǎo shào wú qī cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
旧病复发 舊病復發 jiù bìng fù fā old illness recurs (idiom) / a relapse / fig. to repeat an old error / the same old problem syn
扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status
丈人 zhàng rén wife's father (father-in-law) / old man syn
安人 ān rén to pacify the people / landlady (old) / wife of 員外|员外[yuan2 wai4], landlord
回娘家 huí niáng jiā (of a wife) to return to her parental home / (fig.) to return to one's old place, job, school etc
房下 fáng xià (old) one's wife
孺人 rú rén (old) wife / mother
家的 jiā de (old) wife
三族 sān zú (old) three generations (father, self and sons) / three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's)
家妇 家婦 jiā fù wife (old)
寒荆 寒荊 hán jīng (polite) my wife (old)
少年夫妻老来伴 少年夫妻老來伴 shào nián fū qī lǎo lái bàn husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
世母 shì mǔ wife of father's elder brother (old)
完美 wán měi perfect syn
理想 lǐ xiǎng an ideal / a dream / ideal / perfect syn
圆满 圓滿 yuán mǎn satisfactory / consummate / perfect syn
到家 dào jiā perfect / excellent / brought to the utmost degree syn
完备 完備 wán bèi faultless / complete / perfect / to leave nothing to be desired syn
过硬 過硬 guò yìng to have perfect mastery of sth / to be up to the mark syn
恰到好处 恰到好處 qià dào hǎo chù it's just perfect / it's just right syn
无瑕 無瑕 wú xiá faultless / perfect syn
和美 hé měi harmonious / in perfect harmony
十全十美 shí quán shí měi complete and beautiful / to be perfect (idiom) syn
绝唱 絕唱 jué chàng most perfect song syn
完美无缺 完美無缺 wán měi wú quē perfect and without blemish / flawless / to leave nothing to be desired syn
尽善尽美 盡善盡美 jìn shàn jìn měi perfect (idiom) / perfection / the best of all possible worlds / as good as it gets syn
花好月圆 花好月圓 huā hǎo yuè yuán lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom) / fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss syn
十全 shí quán perfect / complete syn
秩序井然 zhì xù jǐng rán in perfect order syn
完人 wán rén perfect person syn
琴瑟 qín sè qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony / marital harmony
醍醐灌顶 醍醐灌頂 tí hú guàn dǐng lit. to anoint your head with the purest cream (idiom) / fig. to enlighten people with perfect wisdom / flawless Buddhist teaching syn
天造地设 天造地設 tiān zào dì shè lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another
全勤 quán qín (of an individual) to have a perfect attendance record / (of a group) to have no absentees syn
完璧 wán bì flawless piece of jade / (fig.) perfect person or thing / virgin / to return sth intact
善 shàn good (virtuous) / benevolent / well-disposed / good at sth / to improve or perfect syn
练 練 liàn to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk syn
一字千金 yī zì qiān jīn one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom) / (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect / each word is highly valued syn
一辞莫赞 一辭莫贊 yī cí mò zàn left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)
人无完人 人無完人 rén wú wán rén nobody is perfect / everyone has their defect
完好无缺 完好無缺 wán hǎo wú quē in perfect condition / without any defect syn
曲终奏雅 曲終奏雅 qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ perfect finish (idiom)
业精于勤 業精於勤 yè jīng yú qín mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧 shú néng shēng qiǎo with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom) / practice makes perfect syn
珠联璧合 珠聯璧合 zhū lián bì hé string of pearl and jade (idiom) / ideal combination / perfect pair syn
金无足赤 金無足赤 jīn wú zú chì not all gold is sufficiently red (idiom) / no-one is perfect
刻鹄类鹜 刻鵠類鶩 kè hú lèi wù to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ as the arm moves the finger (idiom) / freely and effortlessly / to have perfect command of syn
孰能生巧 shú néng shēng qiǎo practice makes perfect
完美世界 wán měi shì jiè Perfect
人人都有缺点 人人都有缺點 rén rén dōu yǒu quē diǎn Everyone has faults. / No-one is perfect
修炼成仙 修煉成仙 xiū liàn chéng xiān lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect
完成时 完成時 wán chéng shí perfect tense (grammar)
满点 滿點 mǎn diǎn full working hours / full marks / perfect score / (fig.) (after a attribute) couldn't be more (happy, romantic etc)
琴瑟和鸣 琴瑟和鳴 qín sè hé míng in perfect harmony / in sync / lit. qin and se sing in harmony
臻于郅治 臻於郅治 zhēn yú zhì zhì to attain a state of perfect governance (idiom)
練 liàn variant of 練|练, to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise
天生一对 天生一對 tiān shēng yī duì a match made in heaven / a perfect couple
完美无瑕 完美無瑕 wán měi wú xiá flawless / immaculate / perfect
尽善尽美的安全 perfect security
高富帅 高富帥 gāo fù shuài "Mr Perfect" (i.e. tall, rich and handsome) (Internet slang)
来得早不如来得巧 來得早不如來得巧 lái de zǎo bù rú lái de qiǎo arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing
白富美 bái fù měi "Ms Perfect" (i.e. fair-skinned, rich and beautiful) (Internet slang)
绝配 絕配 jué pèi perfect match
瓜无滚圆，人无十全 瓜無滾圓，人無十全 guā wú gǔn yuán , rén wú shí quán no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
男神 nán shén Mr Perfect / Adonis / Prince Charming
妙法 miào fǎ brilliant plan / ingenious method / perfect solution syn
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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