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 血统 血統 xuè tǒng blood relationship / lineage / parentage syn 离谱 離譜 lí pǔ inappropriate / improper / out of place syn 义 義 yì justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship syn 破裂 pò liè to burst / to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down syn 人情 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn syn 冷战 冷戰 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms 不当 不當 bù dàng unsuitable / improper / inappropriate syn 肌肤 肌膚 jī fū skin / flesh / fig. close physical relationship syn 人际关系 人際關系 rén jì guān xì interpersonal relationship 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 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 内伤 內傷 nèi shāng internal injury / disorder of internal organs (due to improper nutrition, overexertion etc) syn 渊源 淵源 yuān yuán origin / source / relationship syn 谈情说爱 談情說愛 tán qíng shuō ài to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship syn 情场 情場 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship 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 断交 斷交 duàn jiāo to end a relationship / to break off diplomatic ties syn 暧昧关系 曖昧關係 ài mèi guān xì shady relationship / affair / adulterous relationship 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 不端 bù duān improper / dishonorable syn 失当 失當 shī dàng inappropriate / improper syn 情变 情變 qíng biàn loss of love / breakup of a relationship 坚冰 jiān bīng ice / (fig.) frosty relationship 欠妥 qiàn tuǒ improper / inappropriate / unsatisfactory / inadequate syn 亲缘 親緣 qīn yuán blood relationship / genetic relationship / consanguinity syn 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 捞取 撈取 lāo qǔ to dredge up / to scoop up from the water / to fish for / to gain (by improper means) syn 鱼水 魚水 yú shuǐ fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability) syn 非分 fēi fèn improper / presumptuous / assuming / overstepping one's bounds / also written 非份[fei1 fen4] syn 一号 一號 yī hào first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) 亲子 親子 qīn zǐ parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations 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 不合适 不合適 bù hé shì improper / unsuitable / inappropriate 不正当 不正當 bù zhèng dàng dishonest / unfair / improper 吹了 chuī le failed / busted / to have not succeeded / to have died / to have parted company / to have chilled (of a relationship) 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 潜规则 潛規則 qián guī zé unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors) 相认 相認 xiāng rèn to know each other / to recognize / to identify / to acknowledge (an old relationship) 睦邻 睦鄰 mù lín to get on well with one's neighbors / amicable relationship with one's neighbor syn 不伦 不倫 bù lún (of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc) / unseemly 苟且 gǒu qiě perfunctory / careless / drifting along / resigned to one's fate / improper (relations) / illicit (sex) syn 偏锋 偏鋒 piān fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1]) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things 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 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 偏斜 piān xié crooked / not upright / diverging from straight line / improper / dishonest syn 鱼水情 魚水情 yú shuǐ qíng close relationship as between fish and water syn 踢 tī to kick / to play (e.g. soccer) / (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) 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 伦 倫 lún human relationship / order / coherence syn 婆 pó (bound form) grandmother / (bound form) matron / (bound form) mother-in-law / (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship) syn 了断 了斷 liǎo duàn to bring to a conclusion / to settle (a dispute) / to do away with (oneself) / to break off (a relationship) / resolution (of a problem) syn 掰 bāi to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a 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 连襟 連襟 lián jīn husbands of sisters / brothers-in-law / extremely close (of a relationship) 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 亲如一家 親如一家 qīn rú yī jiā family-like close relationship (idiom) syn 露水夫妻 lù shuǐ fū qī a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship 非分之念 fēi fèn zhī niàn improper idea 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) 畸恋 畸戀 jī liàn improper love affair / unhealthy relationship (age-inappropriate, obsessive, incestuous etc) 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 媮 tōu improper / irregular 假分数 假分數 jiǎ fēn shù improper fraction (with numerator ≥ denominator, e.g. seven fifths) / see also: proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4] and mixed number 帶分數|带分数[dai4 fen1 shu4] 失宜 shī yí inappropriate / improper syn 带分数 帶分數 dài fēn shù mixed fraction / mixed number (i.e. with an integer part and a fraction part, e.g. four and three quarters) / see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4] 真分数 真分數 zhēn fēn shù proper fraction (with numerator < denominator, e.g. five sevenths) / see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and mixed number 帶分數|带分数[dai4 fen1 shu4] 非份 fēi fèn improper / presumptuous / assuming / overstepping one's bounds / also written 非分[fei1 fen4] 不正当迁移 不正當遷移 improper removal 不当动机 不當動機 improper motive 不当使用 不當使用 improper use 邪僻 xié pì abnormal / improper / beyond the pale 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) 最低潮 zuì dī cháo lit. low tide / fig. the lowest point (e.g. of a relationship) 异地恋 異地戀 yì dì liàn long-distance romance / long-distance 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 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 