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 结婚 結婚 jié hūn to marry / to get married / CL:次[ci4] syn 太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 已婚 yǐ hūn married syn 姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt syn 一对 一對 yī duì couple / pair syn 情妇 情婦 qíng fù mistress / paramour (of married man) 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 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 妇人 婦人 fù rén married woman syn 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 成家 chéng jiā to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert syn 娘家 niáng jia married woman's parents' home syn 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married / to take a husband syn 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yang mandarin ducks / affectionate couple syn 恩爱 恩愛 ēn ài loving affection (in a couple) / conjugal love syn 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 捉奸 捉姦 zhuō jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations) 成婚 chéng hūn to get married syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 个把 個把 gè bǎ one or two / a couple of 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife syn 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 出嫁 chū jià to get married (of woman) 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 小两口 小兩口 xiǎo liǎng kǒu (coll.) young married couple syn 少妇 少婦 shào fù young married woman syn 成亲 成親 chéng qīn to get married syn 情夫 qíng fū married woman's lover syn 成家立业 成家立業 chéng jiā lì yè to get married and start a career (idiom) / to settle down / to establish oneself syn 佳偶 jiā ǒu happily married couple 同房 tóng fáng (of a married couple) to have intercourse / (literary) to share the same room / of the same family branch syn 姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 婚龄 婚齡 hūn líng length of married life / marriageable age / actual marrying age 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn 速配 sù pèi fast matchmaking / speed dating / (coll.) (Tw) (of a couple) to be a good match 娶妻 qǔ qī to take a wife / to get married (man) 结婚生子 結婚生子 jié hūn shēng zǐ to get married and have kids / to start a family 小媳妇 小媳婦 xiǎo xí fu young married woman / mistress / (fig.) punching bag / (old) child bride 鸳鸯浴 鴛鴦浴 yuān yāng yù taking a bath together as a couple 薛宝钗 薛寶釵 xuē bǎo chāi Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 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 婆姨 pó yí (dialect) wife / married woman syn 聘 pìn to employ / to appoint / (bound form) to betroth / (coll.) (of a woman) to get married / to be marrried off / (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission / Taiwan pr. [ping4] syn 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 同床共枕 tóng chuáng gòng zhěn to share the bed / (fig.) to be married 开房间 開房間 kāi fáng jiān to rent a room in a hotel / (of two people who are not married to each other) to rent a room for sex 耦 ǒu a pair / a mate / a couple / to couple / plowshare 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) 喜结连理 喜結連理 xǐ jié lián lǐ to tie the knot (idiom) / to get married syn 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 归宁 歸寧 guī níng (literary) (of a married woman) to visit one's parents 外心 wài xīn (of a married person) interest in a third person / (old) (of a minister etc) disloyal disposition / (math.) circumcenter (of a polygon) syn 怨偶 yuàn ǒu an unhappy couple (formal writing) 女大不中留 nǚ dà bù zhōng liú when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom) 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 伉俪情深 伉儷情深 kàng lì qíng shēn married couple very much in love / deep conjugal love 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 不安其室 bù ān qí shì (idiom) (of a married woman) to be unfaithful / to have extramarital affairs 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 老两口儿 老兩口兒 lǎo liǎng kǒu r an old married couple 匹偶 pǐ ǒu a married couple 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 双独夫妇 雙獨夫婦 shuāng dú fū fù a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child 俪影 儷影 lì yǐng photo of a (married) couple 夫妻相 fū qī xiàng similarity in features of an old couple / common facial traits that show predestination to be married together 敦伦 敦倫 dūn lún to strengthen moral ties between people / to have sexual intercourse (of a married couple) 老两口 老兩口 lǎo liǎng kǒu old married couple syn 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 一对儿 一對兒 yī duì r a pair / a couple 合婚 hé hūn casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old) 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 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 