"Couple" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4]
 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
 yī duì couple / pair
 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)
 ǒu a pair / a mate / a couple / to couple / plowshare
 yī duì r a pair / a couple
 lì yǐng photo of a (married) couple
 liǎng kǒu r husband and wife / couple
 fū qī husband and wife / married couple
 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children
 yuān yang mandarin ducks / affectionate couple
 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple
 zhuō jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
 gè bǎ one or two / a couple of
 xiǎo liǎng kǒu (coll.) young married couple
 yuān yāng yù taking a bath together as a couple
 liǎng xià zi a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade
 jiā ǒu happily married couple
 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
 shuāng zhí gōng working couple (husband and wife both employed)
 bìng dì lián lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk / fig. a devoted married couple
 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple
 huáng hūn liàn fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life
 yuàn ǒu an unhappy couple (formal writing)
 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
 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
 kàng lì qíng shēn married couple very much in love / deep conjugal love
 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
 láng cái nu:3 mào talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple
 niú yī duì qì couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
 huān xǐ yuān jia quarrelsome but loving couple
 lù shuǐ fū qī a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship
 bái tóu xié lǎo live to ripe old age in conjugal bliss / remain a devoted couple to the end of their lives
 lǎo liǎng kǒu r an old married couple
 pǐ ǒu a married couple
 xīn hūn fū fù newly married couple / newlyweds
 gǒu nán nu:3 a couple engaged in an illicit love affair / a cheating couple
 nán cái nu:3 mào talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple
 shuāng dú fū fù a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child
 dié jiān harmonious and affectionate couple
 jiān jiān lit. a pair of mythical birds who depend on each other / fig. an inseparable couple
 tiān shēng yī duì a match made in heaven / a perfect couple
  Couple to Couple League International
  dual-career couple
 tiān shēng de yī duì couple who were made for each other
 gāng róu bìng jì to couple strength and gentleness (idiom)
 jiān fū yín fù adulterous couple
 dān fēi a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen
 dǔ chuáng shàng (coll.) to catch an adulterous couple in the act
 fū qī xiàng similarity in features of an old couple / common facial traits that show predestination to be married together
 zhuā jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
 shuāng fēi a couple where both spouses are not Hong Kong citizens
 fà xiǎo (dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
 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
 jié (literary) few / a couple of
 yú shuǐ zhī huān the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom) / sexual intercourse
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]
 pīn hūn to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc
 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
 lǎo liǎng kǒu old married couple
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