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to associate (with) / to have contact (with) / to hang out (with) / to date / (interpersonal) relationship / association / contact
HSK 3
relation / relationship / to concern / to affect / to have to do with / guanxi / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *表* | 表* | *表
exterior surface / family relationship via females / to show (one's opinion) / a model / a table (listing information) / a form / a meter (measuring sth)
HSK 2
learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
HSK 4
ethical norms governing human relationships
(slang) the older person in a romantic relationship; an older partner
failed; busted; to have not succeeded / to have died / to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)
HSK 7-9
human emotions / social relationship; friendship / favor; a good turn
HSK 7-9
romantic relationship with a significant age gap
"lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves of one image, two images drawn in a similar style etc), used to indicate a romantic relationship (abbr. for 情侶頭像|情侣头像)
"lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves of one image, two images drawn in a similar style etc), used to indicate a romantic relationship
romantic relationship with a significant age gap
(Tw) to transition smoothly with no gap, interruption or adjustment period; to move directly from one position, stage or relationship to another; to dovetail seamlessly
moral fastidiousness; psychological obsession with maintaining moral purity in thoughts, relationships etc
splitcharactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *CP* | CP* | *CP
an imagined romantic relationship between two characters in fiction (or in real life) that one wishes for or fantasizes about (abbr. of "coupling")
private / personal / interpersonal / sb with whom one has a close personal relationship / a member of one's clique
HSK 5
to be related; to be connected / relationship; connection
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *堂* | 堂* | *堂
(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL: 間|间 / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture
HSK 7-9
(botany) lily / (ACG) (slang) yuri (genre depicting romantic or intimate relationships between women)
HSK 7-9
the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence , justice 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom and honor / alternative term for 五倫|五伦, the five cardinal relationships / alternative term for 五行, the five elements
long-distance romance / long-distance relationship
fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny
HSK 7-9
(of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc) / unseemly
(coll.) jerk; scumbag (esp. in romantic relationships)
first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)
interpersonal relationship
proper human relationships
to do the splits (gymnastics) / (Tw) two-timing (in romantic relationships) / Taiwan pr. [pi1 tui3]
human relationships / interpersonal
skin / flesh / fig. close physical relationship
HSK 7-9
cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
HSK 7-9
to deliberately withhold essential knowledge or skills as strategic insurance (typically to maintain leverage, avoid being replaced, or preserve authority in hierarchical relationships)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *踢* | 踢* | *踢
to kick / to play (e.g. soccer) / (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
HSK 6
to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掰* | 掰* | *掰
to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
HSK 7-9
ice / (fig.) frosty relationship
to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is innocent or in the clear
to bring to a conclusion; to resolve (a dispute etc); to put an end to (once and for all); to break off (a relationship); to commit suicide; resolution (of a matter)
husbands of sisters / brothers-in-law / extremely close (of a relationship)
weekend spouse / relationship involving a sugar-daddy
(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
to have a love-hate relationship with each other
to damage a good relationship / to hurt sb's feelings
origin / source / relationship
HSK 7-9
tangerine flavor / yuri (genre of fiction featuring lesbian romantic or sexual relationships)
fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability)
(neologism) to meet sb in real life after forming a relationship online
to be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating
the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)
(slang) bottom (in a homosexual relationship)
lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind
improper relationship; illicit relationship
to pull sb close to oneself / (fig.) (typically followed by 距離|距离) to bridge (the distance between people) (i.e. to build a closer relationship)
to squeeze in / to step in / to take part / to step between (two persons in a relationship)
reason / cause / predestined relationship (Buddhism)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *傍* | 傍* | *傍
near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]
(dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom) / not to treat everyone equally favorably
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *婆* | 婆* | *婆
(bound form) grandmother / (bound form) matron / (bound form) mother-in-law / (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
to end a relationship / to break off diplomatic ties
to forget bad feelings; to mend a relationship
sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list
parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations
man-woman connection / intimate relationship
urgent / in a great hurry / in intimate relationship with sb
to be exposed to cold temperatures / (fig.) (of a market, industry, relationship etc) to be in the doldrums; to suffer a downturn
fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life
ill-fated relationship
to burst; to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down
HSK 7-9
phylogenetic relationship
(coll.) to fall through / to result in failure / (of a relationship) to break up
to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom)
unnatural relationship (parricide, incest etc) / unfilial conduct / against social morals
improper love affair; unhealthy relationship (age-inappropriate, obsessive, incestuous etc)
lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom) / fig. to keep one's distance / (of a relationship) lukewarm / vague
(biology) to have a commensal relationship with (another organism)
(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
(slang) the younger person in a romantic relationship; a younger partner
to have secret ties with / to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc) / to engage in an illicit sexual relationship / adultery
relationship that is more than friendship
lit. low tide / fig. the lowest point (e.g. of a relationship)
unclear; ambiguous / having an unclear relationship with
to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship
to relate (to) / to concern / to involve / connection / relationship
to have a hierarchical (possessive or supervisory) relationship
"break-up agent", person who acts for sb who wishes to terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so
lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited; a broken relationship is restored
(lit.) so exhausted (by difficulties in a relationship) that one feels one could never fall in love again (Internet slang) / disenchanted with sth
chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect
(slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)
blood relationship / lineage / parentage
blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity
shady relationship / affair / adulterous relationship
casual romance / short-lived relationship
loss of love / breakup of a relationship
homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山, a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)
to get on well with one's neighbors / amicable relationship with one's neighbor
(of a relationship or situation) to become strained and tense
(slang) never been in a romantic relationship
(slang) bottom (in a homosexual relationship)
half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step-

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