冤家 yuānjiā
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yuānjiā
noun
an enemy; a foe
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
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yuānjiā
noun
a sweetheart; a destined love
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Love
Notes: In opera
Contained in
- 不是冤家不聚头(不是冤家不聚頭) destiny will make enemies meet; (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
- 冤家宜解不宜结(冤家宜解不宜結) It is better to squash enmity rather than keeping it alive
- 欢喜冤家(歡喜冤家) quarrelsome but loving couple
- 冤家对头(冤家對頭) enemy; opponent; arch-enemy
- 冤家路窄 enemies on a narrow road; an inevitable clash between opposing factions
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二十二回 Chapter 22 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 29 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 第五十六回 Chapter 56 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第一回 Chapter 1 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 88 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 48 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 28 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第三十八回 Chapter 38 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第四十五回 Chapter 45 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 107 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
Collocations
- 冤家路 (冤家路) 冤家路兒窄 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第四十五回 Chapter 45 — count: 2
- 两个冤家 (兩個冤家) 兩個冤家 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 28 — count: 2
- 风流冤家 (風流冤家) 這一干風流冤家 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第一回 Chapter 1 — count: 2