"Relationship" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jiāo wǎng to associate (with) / to have contact (with) / to hang out (with) / to date / (interpersonal) relationship / association / contact
 yuān yuán origin / source / relationship
 yì justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship
 guān shè to relate (to) / to concern / to involve / connection / relationship
 jī fū skin / flesh / fig. close physical relationship
 sī rén private / personal / interpersonal / sb with whom one has a close personal relationship / a member of one's clique
 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny
 rén jì guān xì interpersonal relationship
 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn
 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list
 xuè tǒng blood relationship / lineage / parentage
 yuán fèn also written 緣分|缘分 / fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny
 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect
 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship
 tán qíng shuō ài to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship
 kè hù guān xi guǎn lǐ customer relationship management
 xuè yuán guān xì blood relationship / consanguinity
 nán nu:3 guān xì man-woman connection / intimate relationship
 jiān bīng ice / (fig.) frosty relationship
 qíng biàn loss of love / breakup of a relationship
 mù lín to get on well with one's neighbors / amicable relationship with one's neighbor
 sī tōng to have secret ties with / to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc) / to engage in an illicit sexual relationship / adultery
 yīn yóu reason / cause / predestined relationship (Buddhism)
 ài mèi guān xì shady relationship / affair / adulterous relationship
 qīn yuán blood relationship / genetic relationship / consanguinity
 duàn jiāo to end a relationship / to break off diplomatic ties
 gé shān half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step-
 kè hù guān xì guǎn lǐ xì tǒng Customer and Relationship Management System
 yú shuǐ fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability)
 ěr bìn sī mó lit. heads rubbing together (idiom) / fig. very close relationship
 yú shuǐ qíng close relationship as between fish and water
 huáng hūn liàn fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life
 lún human relationship / order / coherence
 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture
 bāng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. pang2, bang1, bang4
 bàng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]
 qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
 kàn rén xià cài dié r (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom) / not to treat everyone equally favorably
 kàn rén xíng shì to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom)
 lù shuǐ fū qī a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship
 qīn rú yī jiā family-like close relationship (idiom)
 sān jiǎo guān xì triangle relationship / a love triangle
 fēn shǒu dài lǐ "break-up agent", person who acts for sb who wishes to terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so
 qián shēng yuān niè predestined relationship
 bàn táng fū qī weekend spouse / relationship involving a sugar-daddy
 niè yuán ill-fated relationship
宿 sù fèn predestined relationship
宿 sù yuán (Buddhism) predestined relationship
 duì qīn courting / meeting for purpose of marriage / to settle into a relationship
 piě qīng to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasise one is innocent or in the clear
 yì dì liàn long-distance romance / long-distance relationship
 lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
 zháo jǐn urgent / in a great hurry / in intimate relationship with sb
 qīn yuán guān xì phylogenetic relationship
 nì lún unnatural relationship (parricide, incest etc) / unfilial conduct / against social morals
 guān xì mì qiè close relationship / intimately related
 guān xi yíng xiāo relationship marketing
 hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind
  dose-response relation / dose-response relationship
  Group of Experts on the Relationship between Electricity and the Environment
  Agreement on Cooperation and Relationship between the United Nations and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
  Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations
  Panel of Eminent Personalities on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development
  Action Programme of the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development
 gōng zuò guān xì working relationship
  Working group on a Relationship Agreement between the Court and the United Nations
  Group of Experts on the Relationship between Disarmament and International Security
  soil-water-plant relationship
  Agreement Governing the Relationship Between the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency
  Conference on the Relationship between the Paris Convention and the Vienna Convention
  Joint Meeting of Experts on the Relationship between Electricity and the Environment
  Working Group on the Relationship between Trade and Investment
  World Federation of Trade Unions in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations
  Tripartite Advisory Meeting on the Relationship of Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy
  Final Document of the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development
  velocity-depth function / velocity-depth relationship
  velocity-depth function / velocity-depth relationship
  Customer Relationship Systems Section
  Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court / Relationship Agreement
  Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court / Relationship Agreement
  Committee on the Negotiation of a Relationship Agreement with the United Nations
  International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development
  Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples and their relationship to land
  Customer Relationship Management Solutions Section
  Agreement concerning the Relationship between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
  Special Parallel Relationship Agreement
  many-to-many relationship
  Group of Governmental Experts on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development
  objectives and relationship to the medium-term plan
 shāng hé qi to damage a good relationship / to hurt sb's feelings
 lù shuǐ yīn yuán casual romance / short-lived relationship
 chāo yǒu yì guān xi relationship that is more than friendship
 shì xián to forget bad feelings / to mend a relationship
CP C P an imagined romantic relationship between two characters in fiction (or in real life) that one wishes for or fantasizes about (abbr. of "coupling")
 dān shēn wāng (Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
 dān shēn gǒu (Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
 qiān chě bù qīng unclear / ambiguous / having an unclear relationship with
退 xiǎo sān quàn tuì shī consultant who breaks up sb's extramarital relationship for a fee
 bēn xiàn (neologism) to meet sb in real life after forming a relationship online
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