小两口
xiǎo liǎng kǒu
Pinyin

Definition

小两口
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xiǎo liǎng kǒu
  1. (coll.) young married couple

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

口
kǒu
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  3. 3 classifier for bites or mouthfuls
小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小小
xiǎo xiǎo
  1. 1 very small
  2. 2 very few
  3. 3 very minor
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
一口气
yī kǒu qì
  1. 1 one breath
  2. 2 in one breath
  3. 3 at a stretch
三岔口
Sān chà kǒu
  1. 1 At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn]
人口
rén kǒu
  1. 1 population
  2. 2 people
借口
jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to use as an excuse
  2. 2 on the pretext
  3. 3 excuse
  4. 4 pretext
伤口
shāng kǒu
  1. 1 wound
  2. 2 cut
入口
rù kǒu
  1. 1 entrance
  2. 2 to import
出口
chū kǒu
  1. 1 an exit
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 to speak
  4. 4 to export
  5. 5 (of a ship) to leave port
口味
kǒu wèi
  1. 1 a person's preferences
  2. 2 tastes (in food)
  3. 3 flavor
口子
kǒu zi
  1. 1 hole
  2. 2 opening
  3. 3 cut
  4. 4 gap
  5. 5 gash
  6. 6 my husband or wife
  7. 7 classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc)
  8. 8 precedent
口感
kǒu gǎn
  1. 1 taste
  2. 2 texture (of food)
  3. 3 how food feels in the mouth
口才
kǒu cái
  1. 1 eloquence
口是心非
kǒu shì xīn fēi
  1. 1 duplicity
  2. 2 hypocrisy (idiom)
口气
kǒu qì
  1. 1 tone of voice
  2. 2 the way one speaks
  3. 3 manner of expression
  4. 4 tone
口水
kǒu shuǐ
  1. 1 saliva
口渴
kǒu kě
  1. 1 thirsty
口碑
kǒu bēi
  1. 1 public praise
  2. 2 public reputation
  3. 3 commonly held opinions
  4. 4 current idiom

Idioms (20)

三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. 2 tight-lipped
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
  1. 1 not to be crushed (idiom)
  2. 2 to be determined to have one's revenge
交口称誉
jiāo kǒu chēng yù
  1. 1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
以免借口
yǐ miǎn jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
佛口蛇心
fó kǒu shé xīn
  1. 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
俗谚口碑
sú yàn kǒu bēi
  1. 1 common sayings (idiom); widely circulated proverbs
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
出口成章
chū kǒu chéng zhāng
  1. 1 (idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent
  2. 2 articulate
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
口口声声
kǒu kou shēng shēng
  1. 1 to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
口吐毒焰
kǒu tǔ dú yàn
  1. 1 lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
  2. 2 to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
口是心非
kǒu shì xīn fēi
  1. 1 duplicity
  2. 2 hypocrisy (idiom)
口无择言
kǒu wú zé yán
  1. 1 to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom)
  2. 2 wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kǒu bù zé yán]
口碑
kǒu bēi
  1. 1 public praise
  2. 2 public reputation
  3. 3 commonly held opinions
  4. 4 current idiom
口碑流传
kǒu bēi liú chuán
  1. 1 widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation

Sample Sentences

那是以前，现在大多都是跟小张这样的，彩礼就是意思一下，陪嫁的时候再陪回来，给小两口当启动资金。
nà shì yǐqián ，xiànzài dàduō dōu shì gēn XiǎoZhāng zhèyàng de ，cǎilǐ jiùshì yìsi yīxià ，péijià deshíhou zài péi huílai ，gěi xiǎoliǎngkǒu dāng qǐdòng zījīn 。
That was before. Nowadays most people are like Xiao Zhang. The betrothal gift is just a gesture. When giving a dowry, it's all given back and given to the newlyweds as a gift to start their lives together.
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那真是挺开明的。我听说在有些地方，彩礼要得特别高，就因为彩礼这事儿，闹得小两口分手的都有。
nà zhēn shì tǐng kāimíng de 。wǒ tīngshuō zài yǒuxiē dìfang ，cǎilǐ yàode tèbié gāo ，jiù yīnwèi cǎilǐ zhè shìr ，nàode xiǎoliǎngkǒu fēnshǒu de dōu yǒu 。
That's really very enlightened. I've heard in some places betrothal gifts are really expensive. And because the betrothal gifts are such an ordeal, it causes the couple to get so annoyed that they split up.
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我们不指望你。你早点把你那房子贷款还清我就放心了。欠银行几十万你们小两口也不着急，就知道到处吃喝玩乐。以后有了孩子花销更大了，我看你们怎么办。
wǒmen bù zhǐwàng nǐ 。nǐ zǎodiǎnr bǎ nǐ nà fángzi dàikuǎn huánqīng wǒ jiù fàngxīn le 。qiàn yínháng jǐshíwàn nǐmen xiǎoliǎngkǒu yě bù zháojí ，jiù zhīdào dàochù chīhēwánlè 。yǐhòu yǒu le háizi huāxiāo gèngdà le ，wǒ kàn nǐmen zěnme bàn 。
We don't want to rely on you. If you paid off the loan for your house a bit earlier, then I would relax. Owing the bank several tens of thousands of kuai, the two of you don't have to worry, you only know about enjoying life. After having a kid expenses are greater; I know how you can do it.
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你们小两口是不是在说谁的坏话啊？
nǐmen xiǎoliǎngkǒu shìbushì zài shuō shéi de huàihuà a ？
Who are you two gossiping about now?
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