冤家
yuān jia
Pinyin

Definition

冤家
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yuān jia
  1. enemy
  2. foe
  3. (in opera) sweetheart or destined love

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

家
jiā
  1. 1 see also: 家伙 jiā huo
回家
huí jiā
  1. 1 to return home
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
玩家
wán jiā
  1. 1 player (of a game)
  2. 2 enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
人家
rén jiā
  1. 1 household
  2. 2 dwelling
  3. 3 family
  4. 4 sb else's house
  5. 5 household business
  6. 6 house of woman's husband-to-be
  7. 7 classifier: 户 hù
  8. 8 classifier: 家 jiā

Idioms (20)

不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu
  1. 1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
  2. 2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
事怕行家
shì pà háng jiā
  1. 1 an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)

Sample Sentences

嗨，你们真是欢喜冤家，都说这夫妻俩呀，床头吵架床尾和，我看呀，你服个软得了。
hāi ，nǐmen zhēn shì huānxǐyuānjiā ，dōu shuō zhè fūqī liǎ ya ，chuáng tóu chǎojià chuáng wěi hé ，wǒ kàn ya ，nǐ fú gè ruǎn dé le 。
Hey, you're really quite the quarrelling couple, they all say that you argue by the head of the bed and make up at the foot. As I see it, you should yield to him this once.
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没问题！哎，那不是丽丽和刘翔吗？真是冤家路窄。
méi wèntí ！āi ，nà bù shì Lìli hé Liú Xiáng ma ？zhēnshì yuānjiālùzhǎi 。
Not a problem! Hey, isn't that Lili and Liu Xiang? We just can't escape that snake.
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