夫 妇 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] 对 duì right / correct / couple / pair / towards / at / for / to face / opposite / to treat (sb a certain way) / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / classifier: couple 一 对 yī duì couple / pair 挂 钩 guà gōu hook (on which to hang sth) / to couple / to link together / to establish contact with / hook / coupling links (e.g. between two railway coaches) 耦 ǒu a pair / a mate / a couple / to couple / plowshare 一 对 儿 yī duì r a pair / a couple 俪 影 lì yǐng photo of a (married) couple 两 口 儿 liǎng kǒu r husband and wife / couple 夫 妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple 亲 情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children 鸳 鸯 yuān yang mandarin ducks / affectionate couple 鸳 鸯 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple 捉 奸 zhuō jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations) 个 把 gè bǎ one or two / a couple of 小 两 口 xiǎo liǎng kǒu (coll.) young married couple 鸳 鸯 浴 yuān yāng yù taking a bath together as a couple 两 下 子 liǎng xià zi a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade 佳 偶 jiā ǒu happily married couple 破 镜 重 圆 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 双 职 工 shuāng zhí gōng working couple (husband and wife both employed) 并 蒂 莲 bìng dì lián lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk / fig. a devoted married couple 野 鸳 鸯 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 黄 昏 恋 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 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 金 童 玉 女 jīn tóng yù nu:3 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 伉 俪 情 深 kàng lì qíng shēn married couple very much in love / deep conjugal love 鸾 飘 凤 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 郎 才 女 貌 láng cái nu:3 mào talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple 牛 衣 对 泣 niú yī duì qì couple living in destitute misery (idiom) 欢 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 白 头 谐 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 lǎo liǎng kǒu r an old married couple 匹 偶 pǐ ǒu a married couple 新 婚 夫 妇 xīn hūn fū fù newly married couple / newlyweds 狗 男 女 gǒu nán nu:3 a couple engaged in an illicit love affair / a cheating couple 男 才 女 貌 nán cái nu:3 mào talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple 双 独 夫 妇 shuāng dú fū fù a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child 鲽 鹣 dié jiān harmonious and affectionate couple 鹣 鹣 jiān jiān lit. a pair of mythical birds who depend on each other / fig. an inseparable couple 天 生 一 对 tiān shēng yī duì a match made in heaven / a perfect couple 夫 妇 互 助 联 盟 国 际 Couple to Couple League International 双 份 收 入 夫 妇 dual-career couple 天 生 的 一 对 tiān shēng de yī duì couple who were made for each other 刚 柔 并 济 gāng róu bìng jì to couple strength and gentleness (idiom) 奸 夫 淫 妇 jiān fū yín fù adulterous couple 单 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 夫 妻 相 fū qī xiàng similarity in features of an old couple / common facial traits that show predestination to be married together 抓 奸 zhuā jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations) 双 非 shuāng fēi a couple where both spouses are not Hong Kong citizens 发 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 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 yú shuǐ zhī huān the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom) / sexual intercourse 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] 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 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 老 两 口 lǎo liǎng kǒu old married couple