成双成对 (成雙成對)
chéng shuāng chéng duì
Pinyin

Definition

成双成对 (成雙成對)
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chéng shuāng chéng duì
  1. to form pairs
  2. to be in couples

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

完成
wán chéng
  1. 1 to complete
  2. 2 to accomplish
成
Chéng
  1. 1 surname Cheng
成功
Chéng gōng
  1. 1 Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tái dōng Xiàn], southeast Taiwan
成就
chéng jiù
  1. 1 accomplishment
  2. 2 success
  3. 3 achievement
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 to achieve (a result)
  6. 6 to create
  7. 7 to bring about
成为
chéng wéi
  1. 1 to become
  2. 2 to turn into

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一成不变
yī chéng bù biàn
  1. 1 nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
  2. 2 stuck in a rut
一语成谶
yī yǔ chéng chèn
  1. 1 (idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic
一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
  1. 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我倒是想起一种比较常见，光听名字就很浪漫的动物：鸳鸯。他们总是成双成对地在一起，在水上快活地游着。真甜蜜。
wǒ dàoshì xiǎngqǐ yīzhǒng bǐjiào chángjiàn ，guāng tīng míngzi jiù hěn làngmàn de dòngwù ：yuānyang 。tāmen zǒngshì chéngshuāngchéngduì de zài yīqǐ ，zài shuǐ shàng kuàihuó de yóu zhe 。zhēn tiánmì 。
Actually, I'm thinking of an animal that's not so rare, but whose name has a distinctly romantic feel: the mandarin duck. They are always in pairs, swimming contentedly in the water. It's so sweet.
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