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 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn 新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office) syn 初婚 chū hūn to marry for the first time / to be newly married 新婚燕尔 新婚燕爾 xīn hūn - yàn ěr (idiom) to experience the joy of being newly married syn 耦 ǒu a pair / a mate / a couple / to couple / plowshare 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 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 同房 tóng fáng (of a married couple) to have intercourse / (literary) to share the same room / of the same family branch syn 小两口 小兩口 xiǎo liǎng kǒu (coll.) young married couple syn 佳偶 jiā ǒu happily married couple 并蒂莲 並蒂蓮 bìng dì lián lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk / fig. a devoted married couple syn 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 老两口儿 老兩口兒 lǎo liǎng kǒu r an old married couple 匹偶 pǐ ǒu a married couple 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 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 后来 後來 hòu lái afterwards / later / newly arrived syn 新增 xīn zēng to add (sth new) / newly added / additional syn 新建 xīn jiàn new construction / newly built 出炉 出爐 chū lú to take out of the furnace / fresh out of the oven / fig. newly announced / recently made available 新婚 xīn hūn newly wed syn 新编 新編 xīn biān to compile anew / new (version) / newly set up (part of an organization) 新近 xīn jìn newly syn 翻新 fān xīn to revamp / a face-lift / to retread (a tire) / to refurbish (old clothes) / newly emerging syn 暴发户 暴發戶 bào fā hù newly rich / parvenu / upstart syn 初创 初創 chū chuàng startup (company, phase etc) / newly established syn 鱼苗 魚苗 yú miáo fry / newly hatched fish syn 新 xīn new / newly / meso- (chemistry) syn 新造 xīn zào newly made 雏鸡 雛雞 chú jī chick / newly hatched chicken syn 雏儿 雛兒 chú ér newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo syn 新官上任三把火 xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom) 茸 róng (bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine / downy syn 鲲 鯤 kūn fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2] 新来乍到 新來乍到 xīn lái zhà dào newly arrived (idiom) 入伍生 rù wǔ shēng newly enlisted officer student / cadet 墒土 shāng tǔ moist, newly-tilled soil 新出生 xīn chū shēng newly born 新选 新選 xīn xuǎn newly elected 蚕蚁 蠶蟻 cán yǐ newly hatched silkworm syn 新兴工业化国家 新興工業化國家 xīn xīng gōng yè huà guó jiā newly industrializing country 向新独立国家提供援助协调会议 Coordinating Conference on Assistance to the Newly Independent States 中东欧和新独立国家 中東歐和新獨立國家 Central-Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States 新独立国家和中东科 新獨立國家和中東科 Newly Independent States (NIS) and Middle East Section 新近确认身份的难民安置方桉 新近確認身份的難民安置方案 Resettlement Programme for Newly-Determined Refugees 新独立国家会计方法协调理事会 新獨立國家會計方法協調理事會 Coordinating Council on Accounting Methodology in the Newly Independent States 新地壳 新地殼 new crust / newly created crust 援助新独立国家工作队 援助新獨立國家工作隊 Task Force on Assistance to Newly Independent States 安全理事会新当选成员和现任成员研讨会 安全理事會新當選成員和現任成員研討會 Workshop for Newly-Elected and Present Security Council Members 新独立中亚共和国 新獨立中亞共和國 Newly Independent Central Asian Republics 新独立国家 新獨立國家 newly independent State 害鸟 害鳥 hài niǎo pest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish) 鱼花 魚花 yú huā fry / newly hatched fish syn 塃 huāng (dialect) newly-mined ore 升班马 升班馬 shēng bān mǎ (sports, esp. soccer) newly promoted team (one that has advanced from a lower league to a higher league) 提车 提車 tí chē to pick up a car (newly purchased car from a dealership, repaired vehicle from a repair shop, rental car at the airport etc) 一对 一對 yī duì couple / pair 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 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yang mandarin ducks / affectionate couple 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 速配 sù pèi fast matchmaking / speed dating / (coll.) (Tw) (of a couple) to be a good match 恩爱 恩愛 ēn ài loving affection (in a couple) / conjugal love syn 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife syn 捉奸 捉姦 zhuō jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations) 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 个把 個把 gè bǎ one or two / a couple of 鸳鸯浴 鴛鴦浴 yuān yāng yù taking a bath together as a couple 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 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 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 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) 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 怨偶 yuàn ǒu an unhappy couple (formal writing) 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 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 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) 