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 情史 qíng shǐ romantic history / romantic past 感情史 gǎn qíng shǐ romantic history / romantic past 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 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple 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 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 人世 rén shì the world / this world / the world of the living syn 减少自然灾害世界会议 減少自然災害世界會議 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction - A Safer World for the 21st Century / World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction 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 言情小说 言情小說 yán qíng xiǎo shuō romance novel / romantic fiction 风流 風流 fēng liú distinguished and accomplished / outstanding / talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle / romantic / dissolute / loose syn 失恋 失戀 shī liàn to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted 恋情 戀情 liàn qíng romantic love syn 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 谈情说爱 談情說愛 tán qíng shuō ài to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship syn 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 艳情 艷情 yàn qíng romantic love / romance / erotic (novel etc) syn 罗曼蒂克 羅曼蒂克 luó màn dì kè romantic (loanword) syn 劈腿 pī tuǐ to do the splits (gymnastics) / two-timing (in romantic relationships) 爱情喜剧 愛情喜劇 ài qíng xǐ jù romantic comedy 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 豔 yàn bright / fresh and attractive / glamorous / (bound form) amorous / romantic / (literary) to admire / to envy 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 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 舒曼 shū màn Schumann (name) / Robert Schumann (1810-1856), romantic composer 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 华兹华斯 華茲華斯 huá zī huá sī surname Wordsworth / William Wordsworth (1770-1850), 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 风流佳话 風流佳話 fēng liú jiā huà romance / romantic affair 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 香艳 香艷 xiāng yàn alluring / erotic / romantic syn 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) 言情 yán qíng (of a movie, novel etc) portraying a love affair / romantic / sentimental syn 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]) 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 一对 一對 yī duì couple / pair 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 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 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 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 同房 tóng fáng (of a married couple) to have intercourse / (literary) to share the same room / of the same family branch syn 个把 個把 gè bǎ one or two / a couple of 小两口 小兩口 xiǎo liǎng kǒu (coll.) young married couple syn 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 佳偶 jiā ǒu happily married 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) 并蒂莲 並蒂蓮 bìng dì lián lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk / fig. a devoted married couple syn 野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 怨偶 yuàn ǒu an unhappy couple (formal writing) 伉俪情深 伉儷情深 kàng lì qíng shēn married couple very much in love / deep conjugal love 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 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 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 老两口儿 老兩口兒 lǎo liǎng kǒu r an old married couple 一对儿 一對兒 yī duì r a pair / a couple 