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 双 shuāng two / double / pair / both / even (number) 一 对 yī duì couple / pair 双 人 shuāng rén two-person / double / pair / tandem 偶 ǒu accidental / image / pair / mate 媲 pì to match / to pair 耦 ǒu a pair / a mate / a couple / to couple / plowshare 一 对 儿 yī duì r a pair / a couple 搭 配 dā pèi to pair up / to match / to arrange in pairs / to add sth into a group 对 联 duì lián rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2] 双 眸 shuāng móu one's pair of eyes 作 对 zuò duì to set oneself against / to oppose / to make a pair 配 对 pèi duì to pair up / to match up / to form a pair (e.g. to marry) / to mate / matched pair 双 绞 线 shuāng jiǎo xiàn twisted pair (cabling) 逃 之 夭 夭 táo zhī yāo yāo to escape without trace (idiom) / to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) / to show a clean pair of heels 对 子 duì zǐ pair of antithetical phrases / antithetical couplet 只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc 比 翼 双 飞 bǐ yì shuāng fēi lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish 才 子 佳 人 cái zǐ jiā rén gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom) / pair of ideal lovers 双 人 滑 shuāng rén huá pair skating 挽 联 wǎn lián pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration 匹 pī mate / one of a pair 帧 zhèng frame / one of a pair (scrolls) / picture 裆 dāng crotch / seat of a pair of trousers 骈 pián (of a pair of horses) to pull side by side / to be side by side / to be fused together / parallel (literary style) 珠 联 璧 合 zhū lián bì hé string of pearl and jade (idiom) / ideal combination / perfect pair 佳 人 才 子 jiā rén cái zǐ beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom) / pair of ideal lovers 视 如 敝 屣 shì rú bì xǐ to regard like a pair of worn-out shoes / to look on sth as worthless 珓 jiào pair of hemispherical objects used in divination 碱 基 对 jiǎn jī duì base pair (molecular biology) 倍 足 类 bèi zú lèi Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes and millipedes) 千 碱 基 对 qiān jiǎn jī duì kilobase pair (molecular biology) 对 幺 duì yāo pair of aces (in dominoes) / double one 配 对 儿 pèi duì r matched pair 鹣 鹣 jiān jiān lit. a pair of mythical birds who depend on each other / fig. an inseparable couple 碱 基 配 对 jiǎn jī pèi duì base pairing (e.g. adenine A 腺嘌呤 / pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 / in DNA) / base pair 成 对 chéng duì to form a pair 牌 儿 pái r to form a pair 配 眼 镜 pèi yǎn jìng to have a pair of prescription glasses made 双 船 围 网 作 业 shuāng chuán wéi wǎng zuò yè pair seine 双 拖 网 shuāng tuō wǎng pair trawl 对 拖 网 duì tuō wǎng pair trawl 二 人 排 雷 小 组 demining pair 杯 珓 bēi jiào pair of mussel-shaped objects thrown on the ground for divination purposes 弃 之 如 敝 屣 qì zhī rú bì xǐ to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom) 蜗 杆 副 wō gǎn fù worm-gear pair / worm drive / worm and worm gear 掷 筊 zhì jiǎo poe divination, a traditional Chinese divination method where a pair of crescent-shaped wooden or bamboo blocks is thrown on the ground, with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer 郊 祀 jiāo sì pair of annual sacrificial ceremonies held by the emperor in ancient times: one in the southern suburbs of the capital (bringing offerings to Heaven) and another in the northern suburbs (with offerings to Earth) 风 火 轮 fēng huǒ lún (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting / (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒[Ne2 zha5] / (fig.) never-ending treadmill 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] 对 子 duì zi pair of antithetical phrases / antithetical couplet 结 对 子 jié duì zì (of two parties, e.g. police and the community) to team up / to pair up / to form a cooperative association