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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *对* | 对* | *对
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
HSK 1
a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL: 對|对
HSK 4
husband and wife; married couple
HSK 4
long-married couple
light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡 / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
(slang) to ship a fictional couple; to enthusiastically support a romantic pairing / also pr. [ke4 CP]
couple; pair
(of people who were estranged) to be reconciled / (of a couple) to get back together
HSK 7-9
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm
newly married couple / newlyweds
world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple) / romantic couple's world
(coll.) to catch an adulterous couple in the act
affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children
HSK 7-9
a married couple
newcomer; new recruit; fresh talent / newlywed, esp. new bride / newlywed couple; bride and groom / (paleoanthropology) later-period Homo sapiens
HSK 6
(dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
wedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal chamber during a traditional Chinese wedding night, symbolizing the union of the couple / (botany) anthurium
the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other
a pair; a couple
husband's parents; parents-in-law / (dialect) a couple; husband and wife
debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge
(literary) husband and wife; married couple
talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple
to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members)
couple who were made for each other
(of a couple) to be harmonious; to be each other's sunshine
a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
similarity in features of an old couple / common facial traits that show predestination to be married together
(coll.) (of a couple) to display affection in public or by posting photos on social media
to fly wing to wing (idiom) / two hearts beating as one / (of a couple) inseparable
husband and wife / couple
coupling (physics) / copula (statistics) / to be coupled (with sth)
photo of a (married) couple
a couple engaged in an illicit love affair / a cheating couple
matching outfit for couples
to couple; to link; to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与 + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling
HSK 7-9
(of a couple) to be sweet to each other; lovey-dovey / tired of; fed up with; sick of (synonym of 膩味|腻味)
(coll.) young married couple
to form pairs / to be in couples
(idiom) (of a married couple) to live together until old age; to remain lifelong companions
happily married couple
loving affection (in a couple) / conjugal love
to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
to couple strength and gentleness (idiom)
to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life
casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old)
match (couple) / persons well suited for each other
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
a match made in heaven; a perfect couple
(of the parts of a machine) to move together / to act in coordination; to be coupled / linkage
working couple (husband and wife both employed)
(of a married couple) to have intercourse / (literary) to share the same room / of the same family branch
(of a couple) to stay together for life
taking a bath together as a couple
dual / duality / antithesis / coupled phrases (as rhetorical device) / spouse
quarrelsome but loving couple
fast matchmaking / speed dating / (coll.) (Tw) (of a couple) to be a good match
(of an elderly couple) husband or wife
(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple
(of a childless couple) to pray for a son / to try to have a child
the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom) / sexual intercourse
(idiom) to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure); to forcibly break up a couple against their will
married couple very much in love / deep conjugal love
(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
(mechanics) coupler; coupling
talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple
Couple's Retreat Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
lit. a pair of mythical birds who depend on each other / fig. an inseparable couple
harmonious and affectionate couple
to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc
an old married couple
a couple where both spouses are not Hong Kong citizens
(of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
charge-coupled device (CCD) (electronics)
adulterous couple
wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *俪* | 俪* | *俪
(bound form) paired; coupled / (bound form) husband and wife
couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child
lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk / fig. a devoted married couple
an unhappy couple (formal writing)
a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen
to strengthen moral ties between people / to have sexual intercourse (of a married couple)
to live apart from parents (of married couple) / to achieve independence
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *耦* | 耦* | *耦
a pair / a mate / a couple / to couple / plowshare
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
old married couple
coupled transistor (electronics)
a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尐* | 尐* | *尐
(literary) few / a couple of
to stroll around the streets (esp. of a young couple)


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