形婚 xíng hūn sham marriage, esp. a marriage between a gay man and a lesbian arranged in response to parental expectations of a conventional marriage (abbr. for 形式婚姻[xing2 shi4 hun1 yin1]) 爱屋及乌 愛屋及烏 ài wū jí wū lit. love the house and its crow (idiom) / involvement with sb and everyone connected / Love me, love my dog. syn 移情别恋 移情別戀 yí qíng bié liàn change of affection, shift of love (idiom) / to change one's feelings to another love / to fall in love with sb else 风流债 風流債 fēng liú zhài lit. love debt / fig. moral obligation in consequence of a love affair / karmic consequences of a love affair 联姻 聯姻 lián yīn related by marriage / to connect by marriage (families, work units) syn 婚变 婚變 hūn biàn marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc) / marriage breakup 包办婚姻 包辦婚姻 bāo bàn hūn yīn forced marriage / arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals) 事实婚 事實婚 shì shí hūn common-law marriage / de facto marriage 拖油瓶 tuō yóu píng (derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage / children by a previous marriage 同婚 tóng hūn same-sex marriage / gay marriage 求亲 求親 qiú qīn to make an offer of marriage (to another family on behalf of one's son or daughter) / to seek a marriage alliance syn 爱戴 愛戴 ài dài to love and respect / love and respect syn 情定终身 情定終身 qíng dìng zhōng shēn (idiom) to pledge eternal love / to exchange marriage vows 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 恋爱 戀愛 liàn ài (romantic) love / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3] / in love / to have an affair syn 爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with / to be in love with syn 情缘 情緣 qíng yuán predestined love / love affinity syn 热恋 熱戀 rè liàn to fall head over heels in love / to be passionately in love syn 钟情 鍾情 zhōng qíng to fall in love / to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art) syn 单恋 單戀 dān liàn unrequited love / one-sided love 定情 dìng qíng to exchange love tokens or vows / to pledge one's love / to get engaged 殉情 xùn qíng to die together in the name of love / to sacrifice oneself for love 伉俪情深 伉儷情深 kàng lì qíng shēn married couple very much in love / deep conjugal love 山盟海誓 shān méng hǎi shì to pledge undying love (idiom) / oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods 海誓山盟 hǎi shì shān méng to pledge undying love (idiom) / oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods 盟山誓海 méng shān shì hǎi to pledge undying love (idiom) / oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods 舐犊之爱 舐犢之愛 shì dú zhī ài the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom) / parental love 早恋 早戀 zǎo liàn to be in love when one is too young / puppy love 因爱成恨 因愛成恨 yīn ài chéng hèn hatred caused by love (idiom) / to grow to hate someone because of unrequited love for that person 昵爱 昵愛 nì ài to love dearly / intimacy / close love 纯爱 純愛 chún ài pure love / BL, aka boys' love (genre of male homoerotic fictional media) 落花有意，流水无情 落花有意，流水無情 luò huā yǒu yì , liú shuǐ wú qíng lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom) / fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love) 情窦 情竇 qíng dòu (lit.) love aperture / (fig.) interest in love matters 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 问名 問名 wèn míng to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride / one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn 冥婚 míng hūn posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead) 婚友 hūn yǒu singles seeking marriage partners / in-laws and friends 同妻 tóng qī (neologism c. 2009) wife of a gay man (the man may marry to conform with social expectations, and the woman often enters the marriage not knowing he is gay) 指腹为婚 指腹為婚 zhǐ fù wéi hūn to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom) 父母之命，媒妁之言 fù mǔ zhī mìng , méi shuò zhī yán (idiom) parents' orders and matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage) 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 丘比特 qiū bǐ tè Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty 翻云覆雨 翻雲覆雨 fān yún fù yǔ to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom) / fig. to shift one's ground / tricky and inconstant / to make love 好逸恶劳 好逸惡勞 hào yì wù láo to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom) syn 神魂颠倒 神魂顛倒 shén hún diān dǎo lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom) / infatuated and head over heels in love / fascinated / captivated syn 鸳鸯蝴蝶 鴛鴦蝴蝶 yuān yang hú dié Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900 鸳鸯蝴蝶派 鴛鴦蝴蝶派 yuān yang hú dié pài Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists 五讲四美三热爱 五講四美三熱愛 wǔ jiǎng sì měi sān rè ài the five emphases, four beauties and three loves (PRC policy introduced in 1981, including emphasis on manners, beauty of language and love of socialism) 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 婚姻 hūn yīn marriage / matrimony / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4] syn 终身 終身 zhōng shēn lifelong / all one's life / marriage syn 进门 進門 jìn mén to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage 求婚 qiú hūn to propose marriage syn 相亲 相親 xiāng qīn blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]) / to be deeply attached to each other syn 牵头 牽頭 qiān tóu to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker) syn 姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate syn 男方 nán fāng (of a marriage) the bridegroom's side / the husband's side 婚事 hūn shì wedding / marriage / CL:門|门[men2],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 大义 大義 dà yì righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing syn 结婚证 結婚證 jié hūn zhèng marriage certificate 婚姻法 hūn yīn fǎ marriage law 拆散 chāi sàn to break up (a marriage, family etc) syn 大龄 大齡 dà líng older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc) syn 亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn 提亲 提親 tí qīn to propose marriage syn 亲事 親事 qīn shì marriage / CL:門|门[men2] syn 婚嫁 hūn jià marriage 良缘 良緣 liáng yuán good karma / opportune connection with marriage partner 门当户对 門當戶對 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match syn 终身大事 終身大事 zhōng shēn dà shì major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage) syn 双喜 雙喜 shuāng xǐ double happiness / the combined symmetric character 囍 (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 嫁娶 jià qǔ marriage syn 找对象 找對象 zhǎo duì xiàng to seek a marriage partner / looking for a mate 逃婚 táo hūn to flee to avoid an arranged marriage 求偶 qiú ǒu to seek a marriage partner / (of an animal) to seek a mate / to court syn 做媒 zuò méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) syn 婚典 hūn diǎn wedding / marriage celebration 认亲 認親 rèn qīn to acknowledge sb as one's relative / to acknowledge kinship / (old) to visit new in-laws after a marriage 姻亲 姻親 yīn qīn relation by marriage / in-laws syn 婚姻介绍所 婚姻介紹所 hūn yīn jiè shào suǒ marriage agency 试婚 試婚 shì hūn trial marriage / to live together before deciding whether to marry 抢亲 搶親 qiǎng qīn marriage by capture / bride kidnapping 定亲 定親 dìng qīn to settle a marriage / betrothal syn 月下老人 yuè xià lǎo rén minor divinity concerned with marriage / matchmaker / go-between syn 圆房 圓房 yuán fáng (of a child bride) to consummate marriage 婚书 婚書 hūn shū (old) marriage contract 婚 hūn to marry / marriage / wedding / to take a wife syn 举案齐眉 舉案齊眉 jǔ àn qí méi lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom) / mutual respect in a marriage syn 齐大非偶 齊大非偶 qí dà fēi ǒu too rich to be a good match (in marriage) (idiom) 权宜婚姻 權宜婚姻 quán yí hūn yīn marriage 囍 xǐ double happiness (similar to 喜喜) / symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 朱诺 朱諾 zhū nuò Juneau, capital of Alaska / Juno, Roman goddess of marriage 一拍两散 一拍兩散 yī pāi liǎng sàn (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom) / to separate 下聘 xià pìn to send the betrothal gifts / (fig.) to conclude a marriage 保媒 bǎo méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) syn 做亲 做親 zuò qīn to become related by marriage / to marry 前世姻缘 前世姻緣 qián shì yīn yuán a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom) 