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spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
lover / sweetheart
HSK 7-9
to fall in love / to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art)
new flame; new lover
lover / sweetheart
wine-lover / drinker / toper / drunkard
lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom) / fig. a wife having an illicit lover
married woman's lover
lover (of a woman) / illicit partner / paramour
mistress / second wife / lover
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  *姘* | 姘* | *姘
to be a mistress or lover
lover / mistress
(of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti / to pose as a culture lover / to be a culture snob / having pretensions to culture
to cohabit with a lover illicitly
(neologism c. 2012) (slang) to become a stepfather when one's partner turns out to be pregnant with a child she conceived with another lover
wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol / having an ulterior motive / to have other things in mind / with an ax to grind / accomplishing something besides what one set out to do
lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施 (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
(of a woman) to take a lover
Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine
paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom) / to value sex over friendship
lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
lover (of art, sports etc); amateur; enthusiast; fan
(of a woman) to take a lover
lover / partner
In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
(dialect) mistress; secret lover; extramarital lover
(derogatory for Taiwanese) Jap lover
woman's lover


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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