"Pair" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 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
 shuāng two / double / pair / both / even (number)
 yī duì couple / pair
 shuāng rén two-person / double / pair / tandem
 ǒu accidental / image / pair / mate
 pì to match / to pair
 ǒu a pair / a mate / a couple / to couple / plowshare
 yī duì r a pair / a couple
 dā pèi to pair up / to match / to arrange in pairs / to add sth into a group
 duì lián rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2]
 shuāng móu one's pair of eyes
 zuò duì to set oneself against / to oppose / to make a pair
 pèi duì to pair up / to match up / to form a pair (e.g. to marry) / to mate / matched pair
 xiāng pèi to match / to fit / to pair well
线 shuāng jiǎo xiàn twisted pair (cabling)
 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
 duì zǐ pair of antithetical phrases / antithetical couplet
 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
 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
 cái zǐ jiā rén lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers
 shuāng rén huá pair skating
 wǎn lián pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration
竿 huá gān a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles
 pī mate / one of a pair
 zhèng frame / one of a pair (scrolls) / picture
 dāng crotch / seat of a pair of trousers
 pián (of a pair of horses) to pull side by side / to be side by side / to be fused together / parallel (literary style)
 lǎn a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net / to dredge with such a tool
 zhū lián bì hé string of pearl and jade (idiom) / ideal combination / perfect pair
 jiā rén cái zǐ lit. beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers
 zhèng rén mǎi lu:3 lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom) / fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea
 jiào pair of hemispherical objects used in divination
 jiǎn jī duì base pair (molecular biology)
 bèi zú lèi Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes and millipedes)
 qiān jiǎn jī duì kilobase pair (molecular biology)
 duì yāo pair of aces (in dominoes) / double one
 dú zhuǎ forcipules (the venomous pair of pincer-like appendages of a centipede)
 dú è forcipules (the venomous pair of pincer-like appendages of a centipede)
 pèi duì r matched pair
 jiān jiān lit. a pair of mythical birds who depend on each other / fig. an inseparable couple
 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
 chéng duì to form a pair
 pái r to form a pair
 pèi yǎn jìng to have a pair of prescription glasses made
 shuāng chuán wéi wǎng zuò yè pair seine
 shuāng tuō wǎng pair trawl
 duì tuō wǎng pair trawl
  demining pair
 bēi jiào pair of mussel-shaped objects thrown on the ground for divination purposes
 qì zhī rú bì xǐ to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)
 wō gǎn fù worm-gear pair / worm drive / worm and worm gear
 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
 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)
 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
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]
 duì zi pair of antithetical phrases / antithetical couplet
 jié duì zì (of two parties, e.g. police and the community) to team up / to pair up / to form a cooperative association
 jié duì zi (of two parties, e.g. police and the community) to team up / to pair up / to form a cooperative association
 rèn jiǎo xié a left-and-right pair of shoes (distinguished from 直腳鞋|直脚鞋[zhi2jiao3xie2], shoes that can be worn on either foot)
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