另一半
lìng yī bàn
Pinyin

Definition

另一半
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lìng yī bàn
  1. other half
  2. fig. spouse
  3. one's better half

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
第一
dì yī
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 number one
  3. 3 primary
一一
yī yī
  1. 1 one by one
  2. 2 one after another

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)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

Sample Sentences

如果对工作有追求，有责任感的，或许她们也并不在乎是不是一定要结婚。而且她们自己很优秀，所以对另一半要求当然也高了。
rúguǒ duì gōngzuò yǒu zhuīqiú ，yǒu zérèngǎn de ，huòxǔ tāmen yě bìng bù zàihu shìbushì yīdìng yào jiéhūn 。érqiě tāmen zìjǐ hěn yōuxiù ，suǒyǐ duì lìngyībàn yāoqiú dāngrán yě gāo le 。
If you have something to pursue at work and a sense of responsibility, perhaps they wouldn't insist that you must get married. And they are so brilliant that they have a lot of demands for their other half, of course.
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哎呀，我还是单身狗，哪来什么换妻的机会啊？我只希望未来的另一半能给我足够的自由空间。
āiyā ，wǒ háishì dānshēn gǒu ，nǎ lái shénme huàn qī de jīhuì ā ？wǒ zhǐ xīwàng wèilái de lìngyībàn néng gěi wǒ zúgòu de zìyóu kōngjiān 。
Agh, I'm still a singleton, so I can't really swap wives, can I? I only hope that in the future my other half will give me enough freedom and space.
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报导说，蛇夫座同时拥有天蠍座与射手座的特质，个性冷静爱思考，心思细腻而且神秘，但陷入爱情时，却又激情博爱，非常黏另一半，这一点都不像我啊！
bàodǎo shuō ，shéfūzuò tóngshí yōngyǒu tiānxiēzuò yǔ shèshǒuzuò de tèzhì ，gèxìng lěngjìng ài sīkǎo ，xīnsi xìnì érqiě shénmì ，dàn xiànrù àiqíng shí ，què yòu jīqíng bóài ，fēicháng nián lìngyībàn ，zhè yīdiǎn dōu bù xiàng wǒ ā ！
According to a report, ophiuchus share qualities with scorpio and sagittarius, with a rational, thoughtful personality; they are meticulous and mysterious, but when they fall in love, they love passionately and are clingy with their other half. That bit is really nothing like me!
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另一半
lìngyībàn
One's "other half."
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