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 恋爱 戀愛 liàn ài (romantic) love / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3] / in love / to have an affair syn 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 桃花 táo huā peach blossom / (fig.) love affair 春光 chūn guāng scenes of springtime / the radiance of spring / (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic / an indication of a love affair syn 偷情 tōu qíng to carry on a clandestine love affair syn 私情 sī qíng personal considerations / love affair syn 争风吃醋 爭風吃醋 zhēng fēng chī cù to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman / to be jealous of a rival in a love affair syn 风花雪月 風花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom) / effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life 风流韵事 風流韻事 fēng liú yùn shì poetic and passionate (idiom) / romance / love affair syn 网恋 網戀 wǎng liàn online love affair / cyberdate / Internet dating 情事 qíng shì circumstances / facts (of a case) / case / feelings / love affair syn 烟花债 煙花債 yān huā zhài involved in a love affair 狗男女 gǒu nán nǚ a couple engaged in an illicit love affair / a cheating couple 罗曼使 羅曼使 luó màn shǐ romance / love affair / more commonly written 羅曼史|罗曼史 罗曼史 羅曼史 luó màn shǐ romance (loanword) / love affair syn 烂桃花 爛桃花 làn táo huā unhappy love affair 地下情 dì xià qíng secret love affair 言情 yán qíng (of a movie, novel etc) portraying a love affair / romantic / sentimental syn 畸恋 畸戀 jī liàn improper love affair / unhealthy relationship (age-inappropriate, obsessive, incestuous etc) 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 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children 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 爱戴 愛戴 ài dài to love and respect / love and respect 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 痛苦 tòng kǔ pain / suffering / painful / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 疼痛 téng tòng pain / (of a body part) to be painful / to be sore / to hurt / (of a person) to be in pain syn 苦苦 kǔ kǔ strenuously / persistently / hard / painful 火辣 huǒ là painful heat / scorching / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy 惨痛 慘痛 cǎn tòng bitter / painful / deeply distressed syn 痛失 tòng shī to suffer the painful loss of (a loved one etc) / to miss out on (an opportunity) / to fail to gain (victory etc) syn 酸涩 酸澀 suān sè sour / acrid / (fig.) bitter / painful 苦果 kǔ guǒ lit. bitter fruit / fig. painful consequence syn 生疼 shēng téng extremely painful syn 痛定思痛 tòng dìng sī tòng to think of the pain when the pain is gone (idiom) / to ponder about a painful experience syn 钻心 鑽心 zuān xīn to sneak in / to infiltrate / to be piercingly painful / to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc) 凄怆 凄愴 qī chuàng pitiful / painful / heartrending syn 阿鼻地狱 阿鼻地獄 ā bí dì yù (Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells 劳劳碌碌 勞勞碌碌 láo láo lù lù tiring / difficult to get by / painful 火辣辣 huǒ là là scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful / burning / (of one's mood) agitated / heated / intense / (of a personality) fiery / sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot syn 热剌剌 熱剌剌 rè là là smartingly painful 发痛 發痛 fā tòng to ache / to be sore / to feel painful 砭骨 biān gǔ to be extremely cold or painful 关格 關格 guān gé blocked or painful urination, constipation and vomiting (Chinese medicine) 国际反对对动物进行痛苦试验协会 國際反對對動物進行痛苦試驗協會 International Association Against Painful Experiments on Animals 苦不堪言 kǔ bù kān yán to suffer unspeakable misery / indescribably painful / hellish 阵痛期 陣痛期 zhèn tòng qī trying times / painful phase 不忍心 bù rěn xīn can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful) 火烧火燎 火燒火燎 huǒ shāo huǒ liǎo restless with anxiety / to feel unbearably painful or hot syn 事情 shì qing affair / matter / thing / business / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 当事人 當事人 dāng shì rén persons involved or implicated / party (to an affair) syn 交朋友 jiāo péng you to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb 走私 zǒu sī to smuggle / to have an illicit affair syn 出轨 出軌 chū guǐ to be derailed / to go off the rails / (fig.) to overstep the bounds / (fig.) to have an extramarital affair 艳遇 豔遇 yàn yù encounter with a beautiful woman / romance / affair 要务 要務 yào wù key task / important affair 婚外情 hūn wài qíng extramarital affair 旧事 舊事 jiù shì old affair / former matter syn 物事 wù shì (literary) affair / matter / business / (dialect) item / thing / stuff 事 shì matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] syn 有一手 yǒu yī shǒu to have a skill / to have a lot on the ball / to have an affair 暧昧关系 曖昧關係 ài mèi guān xì shady relationship / affair / adulterous relationship 务 務 wù affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means syn 胡搞 hú gǎo to mess around / to mess with something / to have an affair 捂 wǔ to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict syn 縡 zǎi matter, affair 縡 zài matter / affair 脚踏两只船 腳踏兩隻船 jiǎo tà liǎng zhī chuán to have a foot in both camps / to have a bet each way / to be having an affair 外遇 wài yù extramarital affair syn 局中人 jú zhōng rén participant / protagonist / a player (in this affair) 德雷福斯案件 dé léi fú sī àn jiàn Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice 有染 yǒu rǎn to have an affair with sb 棘楚 jí chǔ thorny problem / troublesome affair 风流佳话 風流佳話 fēng liú jiā huà romance / romantic affair 偷腥 tōu xīng to cheat on one's spouse / to have an affair 有一腿 yǒu yī tuǐ (coll.) to have an affair 偷人 tōu rén (of a married woman) to cheat on her husband / to have an affair syn 爱情 愛情 ài qíng romance / love (romantic) / CL:份[fen4] syn 喜爱 喜愛 xǐ ài to like / to love / to be fond of / favorite syn 爱心 愛心 ài xīn compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL:片[pian4] / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥) syn 热爱 熱愛 rè ài to love ardently / to adore syn 做爱 做愛 zuò ài to make love 相爱 相愛 xiāng ài to love each other syn