事 shì matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] syn 事情 shì qing affair / matter / thing / business / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 爱情 愛情 ài qíng romance / love (romantic) / CL:份[fen4] syn 浪漫 làng màn romantic syn 恋爱 戀愛 liàn ài (romantic) love / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3] / in love / to have an affair syn 当事人 當事人 dāng shì rén persons involved or implicated / party (to an affair) syn 走私 zǒu sī to smuggle / to have an illicit affair syn 偷情 tōu qíng to carry on a clandestine love affair syn 恋情 戀情 liàn qíng romantic love 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 风流 風流 fēng liú distinguished and accomplished / outstanding / talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle / romantic / dissolute / loose syn 旧事 舊事 jiù shì old affair / former matter syn 交朋友 jiāo péng you to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb 务 務 wù affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means syn 私情 sī qíng personal considerations / love affair syn 失恋 失戀 shī liàn to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted 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 谈情说爱 談情說愛 tán qíng shuō ài to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship syn 罗曼蒂克 羅曼蒂克 luó màn dì kè romantic (loanword) syn 桃花 táo huā peach blossom / (fig.) love affair 暧昧关系 曖昧關係 ài mèi guān xì shady relationship / affair / adulterous relationship 要务 要務 yào wù key task / important affair 言情小说 言情小說 yán qíng xiǎo shuō romance novel / romantic fiction 漏电 漏電 lòu diàn to leak electricity / (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc) / cf. 放電|放电[fang4 dian4] syn 普希金 pǔ xī jīn Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837), great Russian romantic poet 勃拉姆斯 bó lā mǔ sī Brahms (name) / Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German romantic composer 艳情 艷情 yàn qíng romantic love / romance / erotic (novel etc) syn 艳遇 豔遇 yàn yù encounter with a beautiful woman / romance / affair 灵犀 靈犀 líng xī rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers / fig. mutual sensitivity / tacit exchange of romantic feelings / a meeting of minds 婚外情 hūn wài qíng extramarital affair 物事 wù shì (literary) affair / matter / business / (dialect) item / thing / stuff 劈腿 pī tuǐ to do the splits (gymnastics) / two-timing (in romantic relationships) 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 有一手 yǒu yī shǒu to have a skill / to have a lot on the ball / to have an affair 爱情喜剧 愛情喜劇 ài qíng xǐ jù romantic comedy 胡搞 hú gǎo to mess around / to mess with something / to have an affair 虐恋 虐戀 nüè liàn painful love affair / sadomasochism 外遇 wài yù extramarital affair syn 艳 豔 yàn bright / fresh and attractive / glamorous / (bound form) amorous / romantic / (literary) to admire / to envy syn 罗曼史 羅曼史 luó màn shǐ romance (loanword) / love affair syn 捂 wǔ to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict syn 舒曼 shū màn Schumann (name) / Robert Schumann (1810-1856), romantic composer 香艳 香艷 xiāng yàn alluring / erotic / romantic syn 情事 qíng shì circumstances / facts (of a case) / case / feelings / love affair 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 华兹华斯 華茲華斯 huá zī huá sī surname Wordsworth / William Wordsworth (1770-1850), English romantic poet 縡 zǎi matter, affair 縡 zài matter / affair 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 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 风流韵事 風流韻事 fēng liú yùn shì poetic and passionate (idiom) / romance / love affair syn 月下花前 yuè xià huā qián lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom) / fig. romantic surroundings 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 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 言情 yán qíng (of a movie, novel etc) portraying a love affair / romantic / sentimental syn 二人世界 èr rén shì jiè world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple) / romantic couple's world 情史 qíng shǐ romantic history / romantic past 感情史 gǎn qíng shǐ romantic history / romantic past 网恋 網戀 wǎng liàn online love affair / cyberdate / Internet dating 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 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 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 烂桃花 爛桃花 làn táo huā unhappy love affair 地下情 dì xià qíng secret love affair 畸恋 畸戀 jī liàn improper love affair / unhealthy relationship (age-inappropriate, obsessive, incestuous etc) 偷人 tōu rén (of a married woman) to cheat on her husband / to have an affair syn 柏辽兹 柏遼茲 bó liáo zī Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique 司各特 sī gè tè Scott (name) / Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish romantic novelist 罗曼带克 囉曼帶克 luō màn dài kè romantic (loanword) 满点 滿點 mǎn diǎn full working hours / full marks / perfect score / (fig.) (after a attribute) couldn't be more (happy, romantic etc) 绮梦 綺夢 qǐ mèng pleasant and romantic dream 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 好马不吃回头草 好馬不吃回頭草 hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind 埃克托・柏辽兹 埃克托・柏遼茲 āi kè tuō · bó liáo zī Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique 珀西・比希・雪莱 珀西・比希・雪萊 pò xī · bǐ xī · xuě lái Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English Romantic poet 埃克托·柏辽兹 埃克托·柏遼茲 āi kè tuō · bó liáo zī Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique 珀西·比希·雪莱 珀西·比希·雪萊 pò xī · bǐ xī · xuě lái Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English Romantic poet CP C P an imagined romantic relationship between two characters in fiction (or in real life) that one wishes for or fantasizes about (abbr. of "coupling") 劈腿 pǐ tuǐ to do the splits (gymnastics) / (Tw) two-timing (in romantic relationships) / Taiwan pr. [pi1 tui3] 渣男 zhā nán (coll.) jerk / scumbag (esp. in romantic relationships) 母胎solo mǔ tāi s o l o (slang) never been in a romantic relationship 母胎单身 母胎單身 mǔ tāi dān shēn never been in a romantic relationship 霸道总裁 霸道總裁 bà dào zǒng cái handsome high-powered businessman (a type of character in an eponymous genre of romantic fiction who typically has a soft spot for a girl of lower social status) 骑驴找马 騎驢找馬 qí lǘ zhǎo mǎ (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one 橘味 jú wèi tangerine flavor / yuri (genre of fiction featuring lesbian romantic or sexual relationships) 壁咚 bì dōng (slang) to kabedon / to corner (sb in whom one has a romantic interest) against a wall (loanword from Japanese 壁ドン "kabedon") 情伤 情傷 qíng shāng romantic heartbreak 乙女 yǐ nǚ (slang) maiden / young lady (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 乙女 "otome", used esp. to refer to romantic media and games aimed at women) 年上 nián shàng (slang) the older person in a romantic relationship / an older partner 情头 情頭 qíng tóu "lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves of one image, two images drawn in a similar style etc), used to indicate a romantic relationship (abbr. for 情侶頭像|情侣头像[qing2 lu : 3 tou2 xiang4]) 