择偶 (擇偶)
zé ǒu
Pinyin

Definition

择偶 (擇偶)
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zé ǒu
  1. to choose a spouse

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

偶像
ǒu xiàng
  1. 1 idol
偶然
ǒu rán
  1. 1 incidentally
  2. 2 occasional
  3. 3 occasionally
  4. 4 by chance
  5. 5 randomly
偶尔
ǒu ěr
  1. 1 occasionally
  2. 2 once in a while
  3. 3 sometimes
偶遇
ǒu yù
  1. 1 a chance encounter
  2. 2 to meet accidentally
偶
ǒu
  1. 1 accidental
  2. 2 image
  3. 3 pair
  4. 4 mate

Idioms (4)

偶一为之
ǒu yī wéi zhī
  1. 1 to do sth once in a while (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth more as an exception than the rule
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
无独有偶
wú dú yǒu ǒu
  1. 1 not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence
  2. 2 it's not the only case
齐大非偶
qí dà fēi ǒu
  1. 1 too rich to be a good match (in marriage) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

太可惜了，他可是我年轻时候的梦中情人啊。所以，现在很多人的择偶目标就是白富美和高富帅，除外不娶不嫁。
tài kěxī le ，tā kě shì wǒ niánqīng shíhou de mèngzhōngqíngrén ā 。suǒyǐ ，xiànzài hěn duō rén de zé ǒu mùbiāo jiùshì bái fù měi hé gāo fù shuài ，chúwài bù qǔ bù jià 。
It's such a pity, he was my dream lover when I was young. So, nowadays many people refuse to marry unless they meet PRPs or TRHs.
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好像没错呢，但我觉得呢，与其择偶青睐白富美和高富帅，还不如努力提高自己，让自己成为高富帅或白富美来得更实际些。
hǎoxiàng méicuò ne ，dàn wǒ juéde ne ，yǔqí zé ǒu qīnglài bái fù měi hé gāo fù shuài ，hái bùrú nǔlì tígāo zìjǐ ，ràng zìjǐ chéngwéi gāo fù shuài huò bái fù měi láide gèng shíjì xiē 。
That seems right, but I think that rather than favoring PRPs or TRHs when seeking a partner, it would be more practical to do your best to improve yourself, to turn yourself into a PRP or a TRH.
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我对这种好像市场挑猪肉的择偶方式实在有点反感。
wǒ duì zhèzhǒng hǎoxiàng shìchǎng tiāo zhūròu de zé ǒu fāngshì really yǒudiǎnr fǎngǎn 。
I am a little repulsed by this way of choosing a partner, like choosing pork in a market.
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燕燕也是相当有想法啊，上回和她聊天，听她说她的择偶标准是出世的智者，入世的强者，或者是正常而阳光的普通人。
yànyàn yě shì xiāngdāng yǒu xiǎngfǎ ā ，shànghuí hé tā liáotiān ，tīng tā shuō tā de zé ǒu biāozhǔn shì chūshì de zhìzhě ，rùshì de qiángzhě ，huò zhě shì zhèngcháng ér yángguāng de pǔtōngrén 。
Yanyan also has some thoughts on the matter, the last time I talked to her, I heard her say that her standards for choosing a spouse involved a wise man beyond the mundane world, a strong man very much of the world or an ordinary outdoorsy bloke.
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