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
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