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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
husband and wife; married couple
HSK 4
a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL: 對|对
HSK 4
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 people who were estranged) to be reconciled / (of a couple) to get back together
HSK 7-9
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
affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children
HSK 7-9
(of a childless couple) to pray for a son / to try to have a child
lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk / fig. a devoted married couple
(slang) to ship a couple (i.e. to strongly desire that a pair of fictional characters become a couple) / also pr. [ke4 C P]
(of the parts of a machine) to move together / to act in coordination; to be coupled / linkage
dual / duality / antithesis / coupled phrases (as rhetorical device) / spouse
coupling (physics) / copula (statistics) / to be coupled (with sth)
to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *耦* | 耦* | *耦
a pair / a mate / a couple / to couple / plowshare
to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple
(of an elderly couple) husband or wife
fast matchmaking / speed dating / (coll.) (Tw) (of a couple) to be a good match
debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
loving affection (in a couple) / conjugal love
talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple
one or two / a couple of
(of a couple) to be sweet to each other; lovey-dovey / tired of; fed up with; sick of (synonym of 膩味|腻味)
(of a married couple) to have intercourse / (literary) to share the same room / of the same family branch
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尐* | 尐* | *尐
(literary) few / a couple of
husband's parents; parents-in-law / (dialect) a couple; husband and wife
a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade
to form pairs / to be in couples
happily married couple
the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other
casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old)
a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship
an unhappy couple (formal writing)
to fly wing to wing (idiom) / two hearts beating as one / (of a couple) inseparable
(of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
(dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
(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
quarrelsome but loving couple
(mechanics) coupler; coupling
lit. a pair of mythical birds who depend on each other / fig. an inseparable couple
a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen
matching outfit for couples
similarity in features of an old couple / common facial traits that show predestination to be married together
photo of a (married) couple
to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc
a pair; a couple
adulterous couple
newly married couple / newlyweds
harmonious and affectionate couple
Couple's Retreat Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
married couple very much in love / deep conjugal love
husband and wife / couple
to strengthen moral ties between people / to have sexual intercourse (of a married couple)
a couple engaged in an illicit love affair / a cheating couple
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm
an old married couple
couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
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
to stroll around the streets (esp. of a young couple)
working couple (husband and wife both employed)
couple; pair
old married couple
fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life
a match made in heaven; a perfect couple
couple who were made for each other
(coll.) (of a couple) to display affection in public or by posting photos on social media
taking a bath together as a couple
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
world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple) / romantic couple's world
(of a couple) to be harmonious; to be each other's sunshine
to couple strength and gentleness (idiom)
a married couple
(coll.) to catch an adulterous couple in the act
(coll.) young married couple
to live apart from parents (of married couple) / to achieve independence
talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple
match (couple) / persons well suited for each other
coupled transistor (electronics)
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
wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple
(of a couple) to stay together for life
a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child
a couple where both spouses are not Hong Kong citizens
charge-coupled device (CCD) (electronics)
the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom) / sexual intercourse


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