爱人 (愛人)
ài ren
Pinyin

Definition

爱人 (愛人)
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ài ren
  1. spouse (PRC)
  2. lover (non-PRC)
  3. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman
男人
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这一千年里，你会看着你的爱人一遍又一遍地走过奈何桥，喝下一碗又一碗的孟婆汤，但她却不会记得你们的爱情。
zhè yìqiān nián lǐ ，nǐ huì kàn zhe nǐ de àiren yí biàn yòu yí biàn de zǒu guo nàihéqiáo ，hēxià yì wǎn yòu yì wǎn de mèngpótāng ，dàn tā què búhuì jìde nǐmen de àiqíng 。
In these thousand years, you'll see your lover pass time and again over the Naihe bridge, drinking bowl after bowl of Mengpo soup, but she won't remember the love between you.
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千年之后，你才能重返人间，回去找你的爱人。
qiānnián zhīhòu ，nǐ cái néng chóngfǎnrénjiān ，huíqu zhǎo nǐ de àirén 。
One thousand years from now, you'll be able to return to the land of the living to seek out your lover.
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看来是您爱人的功劳啊。那后来怎么改成农家乐了？
kànlai shì nín àiren de gōngláo a 。nà hòulái zěnme gǎichéng nóngjiālè le ？
It looks like the credit goes to your wife! How then did it become a farm life inn?
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哈哈，其实我感觉我还是没有达到好男人的标准。因为工作的关系，陪伴在我爱人身边的时间太少，惭愧惭愧啊。我想借此机会感谢她对我的支持。
hāhā ，qíshí wǒ gǎnjué wǒ háishì méiyǒu dádào hǎo nánrén de biāozhǔn 。yīnwèi gōngzuò de guānxi ，péibàn zài wǒ àiren shēnbiān de shíjiān tài shǎo ，cánkuì cánkuì a 。wǒ xiǎng jiècǐ jīhuì gǎnxiè tā duì wǒ de zhīchí 。
Ha-ha. Actually, I feel as though I still haven’t reached the standard of a ‘good man’. Due to work-related stuff, I have too little time to spend with my wife. I’m ashamed, really. I want to take this opportunity to thank her for all her support.
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