二人世界
èr rén shì jiè
Pinyin

Definition

二人世界
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èr rén shì jiè
  1. world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple)
  2. romantic couple's world

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

世界
shì jiè
  1. 1 world
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
二
èr
  1. 1 two
  2. 2 2
  3. 3 (Beijing dialect) stupid
人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nu:3 rén
  1. 1 woman
恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart
男人
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
一石二鸟
yī shí èr niǎo
  1. 1 to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
不为人知
bù wéi rén zhī
  1. 1 not known to anyone
  2. 2 secret
  3. 3 unknown
世
Shì
  1. 1 surname Shi
世上
shì shàng
  1. 1 on earth
世事
shì shì
  1. 1 affairs of life
  2. 2 things of the world
世人
shì rén
  1. 1 people (in general)
  2. 2 people around the world
  3. 3 everyone
世俗
shì sú
  1. 1 profane
  2. 2 secular
  3. 3 worldly
世故
shì gù
  1. 1 the ways of the world
世纪
shì jì
  1. 1 century
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
世道
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一分为二
yī fēn wéi èr
  1. 1 one divides into two
  2. 2 to be two-sided
  3. 3 there are two sides to everything
  4. 4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
一是一，二是二
yī shì yī , èr shì èr
  1. 1 lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut
  3. 3 unequivocal
一清二楚
yī qīng èr chǔ
  1. 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
一石二鸟
yī shí èr niǎo
  1. 1 to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
丈二和尚，摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
  1. 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. at a total loss
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
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying

Sample Sentences

你是不知道现在人口发展的趋势。现在特别是在很多发达国家，许多年轻人为了事业都选择不要小孩，宁愿享受二人世界。不难预见不久的将来，年轻人和老年人的比例将严重失调。
nǐ shì bù zhīdào xiànzài rénkǒu fāzhǎn de qūshì 。xiànzài tèbiéshì zài hěn duō fādá guójiā ，xǔduō niánqīngrén wéile shìyè dōu xuǎnzé bùyào xiǎohái ，nìngyuàn xiǎngshòu èrrénshìjiè 。bù nán yùjiàn bùjiǔ de jiānglái ，niánqīngrén hé lǎoniánrén de bǐlì jiāng yánzhòng shītiáo 。
You don't know about trends in modern population growth. These days, especially in developed countries, for the sake of their careers a lot of young people choose not to have children. They'd rather enjoy life as a couple. It's not hard to see that in the not-distant future, the ratio of young to old people will be seriously out of whack.
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我懂，但是您懂我们的心吗?如果我们生了小孩，等你们老了，我们这对小夫妻又要照顾小孩，又要照顾四个老人，负担很重的。生一个还好，但万一生个双胞胎或三胞胎呢？我们还不累得够呛。反正，我觉得二人世界挺好的。
wǒ dǒng ，dànshì nín dǒng wǒmen de xīn ma ?rúguǒ wǒmen shēng le xiǎohái ，děng nǐmen lǎo le ，wǒmen zhè duì xiǎo fūqī yòu yào zhàogu xiǎohái ，yòu yào zhàogu sì gè lǎorén ，fùdān hěn zhòng de 。shēng yī ge hái hǎo ，dàn wànyī shēng gè shuāngbāotāi huò sānbāotāi ne ？wǒmen hái bù lèi de gòuqiàng 。fǎnzhèng ，wǒ juéde èrrénshìjiè tǐng hǎo de 。
I understand. But, do you understand how we feel? If we have a kid, when you get old, we'll have to look after both the kid and all four of our parents. That's a big burden. One is okay, but what if we have twins, or triplets? We haven't even gotten tired of working ourselves. Besides, I think a couple's world is pretty nice.
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什么二人世界，我看你们就知道玩。只顾自己逍遥快活，一点都不理会父母的心思。
shénme èrrénshìjiè ，wǒ kàn nǐmen jiù zhīdào wán 。zhǐgù zìjǐ xiāoyáo kuàihuó ，yīdiǎn dōu bù lǐhuì fùmǔ de xīnsi 。
Couple's world? It seems to me that you two just want to play around. Only focusing on yourselves, worry-free and cheerful. Not mindful of your parents' ideas at all.
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