浪 漫 làng màn romantic 风 流 fēng liú distinguished and accomplished / outstanding / talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle / romantic / dissolute / loose 罗 曼 蒂 克 luó màn dì kè romantic (loanword) 艳 bright / fresh and attractive / glamorous / (bound form) amorous / romantic / (literary) to admire / to envy 香 艳 xiāng yàn alluring / erotic / romantic 罗 曼 带 克 luō màn dài kè romantic (loanword) 言 情 yán qíng (of a movie, novel etc) portraying a love affair / romantic / sentimental 言 情 小 说 yán qíng xiǎo shuō romance novel / romantic fiction 失 恋 shī liàn to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted 恋 情 liàn qíng romantic love 灵 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 tán qíng shuō ài to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship 漏 电 lòu diàn to leak electricity / (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc) / cf. 放電|放电[fang4 dian4] 艳 情 yàn qíng romantic love / romance / erotic (novel etc) 劈 腿 pī tuǐ to do the splits (gymnastics) / two-timing (in romantic relationships) 爱 情 喜 剧 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 黄 昏 恋 huáng hūn liàn fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life 月 下 花 前 yuè xià huā qián lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom) / fig. romantic surroundings 骑 马 找 马 qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one 舒 曼 Shū màn Schumann (name) / Robert Schumann (1810-1856), romantic composer 华 兹 华 斯 huá zī huá sī surname Wordsworth / William Wordsworth (1770-1850), English romantic poet 感 情 史 gǎn qíng shǐ romantic history / romantic past 柏 辽 兹 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 满 点 mǎn diǎn full working hours / full marks / perfect score / (fig.) (after a attribute) couldn't be more (happy, romantic etc) 绮 梦 qǐ mèng pleasant and romantic dream 鸳 鸯 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 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 二 人 世 界 èr rén shì jiè world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple) / romantic couple's world 埃 克 托 ・ 柏 辽 兹 Aī kè tuō · Bó liáo zī Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique 风 流 佳 话 fēng liú jiā huà romance / romantic affair 珀 西 ・ 比 希 ・ 雪 莱 Pò xī · Bǐ xī · Xuě lái Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English Romantic poet 珀 西 · 比 希 · 雪 莱 Pò xī · Bǐ xī · Xuě lái Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English Romantic poet 埃 克 托 · 柏 辽 兹 Aī kè tuō · Bó liáo zī Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique 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 mǔ tāi dān shēn never been in a romantic relationship 霸 道 总 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) 骑 驴 找 马 qí lu:2 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 qíng shāng romantic heartbreak 情 史 qíng shǐ romantic history / romantic past
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