冤家

yuānjia
  1. enemy
  2. foe
  3. (in opera) sweetheart or destined love

CEDICT

Homographs

冤家 yuānjiā

Entry Composition

=1 冤 yuān
  1. injustice
  2. grievance
  3. wrong
=1 冤 yuān old variant of 冤 yuān
=2 家 jiā used in 傢伙 jiāhuo and 傢俱 jiājù
=2 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個

Containing this entry

不是冤家不聚頭 bùshìyuānjiābùjùtóu
  1. destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
  2. (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
冤家宜解不宜結 yuānjiāyíjiěbùyíjié It is better to squash enmity rather than keeping it alive (proverb)
冤家對頭 yuānjiāduìtóu
  1. enemy (idiom); opponent
  2. arch-enemy
冤家路窄 yuānjiālùzhǎi
  1. lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom)
  2. fig. rivals inevitably cross paths
歡喜冤家 huānxǐyuānjia quarrelsome but loving couple

Related entries

仇家 chóujiā
  1. enemy
  2. foe
仇敵 chóudí enemy
仇讎 chóuchóu
  1. (literary) enemy
  2. foe
冤頭 yuāntóu
  1. enemy
  2. foe
怨敵 yuàndí
  1. enemy
  2. foe
敵 dí
  1. (bound form) enemy
  2. (bound form) to be a match for; to rival
  3. (bound form) to resist; to withstand
他们使10艘敌船沉了

They sank ten enemy ships.

Source: Tatoeba

敵人 dírén enemy

classifier: 個

无法靠近敌人

We can't get close to the enemy.

Source: Tatoeba

敵方 dífāng enemy
敵方投下炸彈，把工廠炸毀了。

The enemy dropped bombs on the factory.

Source: Tatoeba

敵特 dítè
  1. enemy (agents)
  2. (class) enemy
對頭 duìtou
  1. (longstanding) opponent
  2. enemy
  3. inimical
  4. adversary
  5. opponent
每天读一些没有人读的东西。每天想一些没有人想的东西。每天做一些没有人会傻到去做的事。一直和别人保持一致对头脑有害。

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.

Source: Tatoeba

敵對 díduì
  1. hostile
  2. enemy (factions)
  3. combative
敵害 díhài
  1. pest
  2. vermin
  3. animal that is harmful to crops or to another species
  4. enemy
  5. predator
仇 chóu
  1. hatred
  2. animosity
  3. enmity
  4. foe
  5. enemy
  6. to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc)
寇 kòu
  1. to invade
  2. to plunder
  3. bandit
  4. foe
  5. enemy
仇人 chóurén
  1. foe
  2. one's personal enemy