七年之痒
qī nián zhī yǎng
Pinyin

Definition

七年之痒
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qī nián zhī yǎng
  1. seven-year itch

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

七
qī
  1. 1 seven
  2. 2 7
之
zhī
  1. 1 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
  2. 2 him
  3. 3 her
  4. 4 it
今年
jīn nián
  1. 1 this year
年
Nián
  1. 1 surname Nian
拜年
bài nián
  1. 1 to pay a New Year call
  2. 2 to wish sb a Happy New Year
新年
xīn nián
  1. 1 New Year
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
过年
guò nián
  1. 1 to celebrate the Chinese New Year
龙年
lóng nián
  1. 1 Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
不败之地
bù bài zhī dì
  1. 1 invincible position
中年
zhōng nián
  1. 1 middle age
之一
zhī yī
  1. 1 one of (sth)
  2. 2 one out of a multitude
  3. 3 one (third, quarter, percent etc)
之上
zhī shàng
  1. 1 above
之下
zhī xià
  1. 1 under
  2. 2 beneath
  3. 3 less than
之中
zhī zhōng
  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 among
  3. 3 in the midst of (doing sth)
  4. 4 during
之内
zhī nèi
  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 within
之前
zhī qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 prior to
  3. 3 ago
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 beforehand
之外
zhī wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 excluding
之后
zhī hòu
  1. 1 afterwards
  2. 2 following
  3. 3 later
  4. 4 after
之所以
zhī suǒ yǐ
  1. 1 the reason why
之间
zhī jiān
  1. 1 between
  2. 2 among
  3. 3 inter-

Idioms (20)

一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一技之长
yī jì zhī cháng
  1. 1 proficiency in a particular field (idiom)
  2. 2 skill in a specialized area (idiom)
一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一箭之仇
yī jiàn zhī chóu
  1. 1 a wrong suffered (idiom)
  2. 2 old grievance
  3. 3 previous defeat
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī
  1. 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
  2. 2 the facts of the matter
  3. 3 the actual situation
不终天年
bù zhōng tiān nián
  1. 1 to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)
之乎者也
zhī hū zhě yě
  1. 1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
乱七八糟
luàn qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens

Sample Sentences

这你就有所不知了。再漂亮天天看也腻了。人家都说七年之痒，他们都有两个七年了。而且对于陷入中年危机的男人来说，年轻女孩儿就是一针兴奋剂。
zhè nǐ jiù yǒusuǒbùzhī le 。zài piàoliang tiāntiān kàn yě nì le 。rénjiā dōu shuō qīniánzhīyǎng ，tāmen dōu yǒu liǎng ge qī nián le 。érqiě duìyú xiànrù zhōngnián wēijī de nánrén láishuō ，niánqīng nǚháir5 jiùshì yī zhēn xīngfènjì 。
That shows what you don't know. No matter how pretty they are, you get sick of them after seeing them all the time. Everyone talks about the seven-year-itch. The two of them have been together seven years. And for guys slipping into a mid-life crisis, a young girl is a stimulant.
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那你冷静，你给分析分析为什么男人出轨的几率那么高？过去说七年之痒，如今一年半载就开始“痒”了。
nà nǐ lěngjìng ，nǐ gěi fēnxi fēnxi wèishénme nánrén chūguǐ de jīlǜ nàme gāo ？guòqù shuō qīniánzhīyǎng ，rújīn yīniánbànzǎi jiù kāishǐ “yǎng ”le 。
If you're so cool and collected, can you analyze for me why men cheat at a higher rate? They used to talk about the "seven-year itch", now people start "itching" after about a year.
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一眨眼都七年啦！那确实要送个特别有纪念意义的。我想想啊，情侣对戒吧！俗话说“七年之痒”，是一个坎儿。送对戒的话，提醒他你们的爱情还要像新婚时一样甜蜜。
yī zhǎyǎn dōu qī nián la ！nà quèshí yào sòng gè tèbié yǒu jìniàn yìyì de 。wǒ xiǎng xiǎng a ，qínglǚ duìjiè ba ！súhuà shuō “qīniánzhīyǎng ”，shì yī gè kǎnr 。sòng duìjiè dehuà ，tíxǐng tā nǐmen de àiqíng hái yào xiàng xīnhūn shí yīyàng tiánmì 。
Seven years in the blink of an eye! Then you really need to give something especially commemorative. Let me think, how about his and hers matching rings? There's a saying "The seven-year itch" is a threshold. If you give matching rings it will remind him that your love is still as sweet as when you were newly married.
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可能真的是“七年之痒”吧。不过最近也好起来了，我觉得她又变回了以前那个简单快乐的姑娘。
kěnéng zhēnde shì “qīniánzhīyǎng ”ba 。bùguò zuìjìn yě hǎo qǐlái le ，wǒ juéde tā yòu biàn huí le yǐqián nàge jiǎndān kuàilè de gūniang 。
Perhaps there really is a "seven year itch." However, things have gotten better recently. I feel like she's once again become that easy-going, happy young woman from before.
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嗯。挺好的。一眨眼都结婚七年了。七年之痒都快过去了。
ng4 。tǐng hǎo de 。yīzhǎyǎn dōu jiéhūn qīnián le 。qīniánzhīyǎng dōu kuài guòqu le 。
Ummm, pretty good. In the blink of an eye, it's seven years already. The seven year itch is almost over.
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没办法。离婚是一种病。可能真的是“七年之痒”吧！
méi bànfǎ 。líhūn shì yīzhǒng bìng 。kěnéng zhēnde shì “qīniánzhīyǎng ”ba ！
There's no solution. Divorce is a disease. Perhaps there really is such a thing as the "seven year itch!"
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现在真的有些改变了。我们对对方都没耐心了。我想是不是真的到了“七年之痒”了。
xiànzài zhēnde yǒuxiē gǎibiàn le 。wǒmen duì duìfāng dōu méi nàixīn le 。wǒ xiǎng shìbushì zhēnde dào le “qīniánzhīyǎng ”le 。
Things really have changed now. We have no patience for one another. I think it might be the “seven year itch”.
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老婆，别人都说什么七年之痒，我们结婚十八年了，你痒过吗？
lǎopó ，biérén dōu shuō shénme qīniánzhīyǎng ，wǒmen jiéhūn shí bā nián le ，nǐ yǎng guo ma ？
Honey, I've heard other people talk about this, '7-year itch' people get when they're in relationships. We've been married for 18 years now. Have you had the itch?
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