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"old married couple" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
老两口 老兩口 lǎo liǎng kǒu old married couple syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
老两口儿 老兩口兒 lǎo liǎng kǒu r an old 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
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
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
敦伦 敦倫 dūn lún to strengthen moral ties between people / to have sexual intercourse (of a married couple)
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
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
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
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
白首齐眉 白首齊眉 bái shǒu qí méi (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
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
合婚 hé hūn casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old)
小媳妇 小媳婦 xiǎo xí fu young married woman / mistress / (fig.) punching bag / (old) child bride
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
跟从 跟從 gēn cóng to follow / (of a woman) to get married / (old) attendant
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
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
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
露水夫妻 lù shuǐ fū qī a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship
一对儿 一對兒 yī duì r a pair / a couple
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
两情相悦 兩情相悅 liǎng qíng xiāng yuè (of a couple) to be harmonious / to be each other's sunshine
单非 單非 dān fēi a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen
堵床上 dǔ chuáng shàng (coll.) to catch an adulterous couple in the act
抓奸 抓姦 zhuā jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
腻歪 膩歪 nì wai (of a couple) to be sweet to each other / lovey-dovey / tired of / fed up with / sick of (synonym of 膩味|腻味[ni4wei5])
双非 雙非 shuāng fēi a couple where both spouses are not Hong Kong citizens
发小 髮小 fà xiǎo (dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
不干不净，吃了没病 不乾不淨，吃了沒病 bù gān bù jìng , chī le méi bìng a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm
尐 jié (literary) few / a couple of
鱼水之欢 魚水之歡 yú shuǐ zhī huān the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom) / sexual intercourse
两口儿 兩口兒 liǎng kǒu r husband and wife / couple
放闪 放閃 fàng shǎn (coll.) (of a couple) to display affection in public or by posting photos on social media
拼婚 pīn hūn to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc
公婆 gōng - pó husband's parents / parents-in-law / (dialect) a couple / husband and wife syn
结婚 結婚 jié hūn to marry / to get married / CL:次[ci4] syn
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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