Chinese idioms · 26 idioms
Chinese idioms about love
Chengyu whose meaning is about love, each with pinyin, meaning and sound.
- 一见钟情yījiàn-zhōngqínglove at first sight
- 矢志不渝shǐzhì-bùyúto be unswervingly devoted
- 门当户对méndāng-hùduìwell matched in social status (for marriage)
- 相亲相爱xiāngqīn-xiāng’àito love each other dearly
- 海枯石烂hǎikū-shílàntill the seas run dry and the rocks crumble (vow of eternal love)
- 含情脉脉hánqíng-mòmòtender and affectionate
- 终身大事zhōngshēn-dàshìmarriage
- 风花雪月fēnghuā-xuěyuèfrivolous romance
- 贤妻良母xiánqī-liángmǔgood wife and loving mother
- 忠心耿耿zhōngxīn-gěnggěngloyal and devoted
- 儿女情长érnǚ-qíngchángtender romantic feelings
- 温情脉脉wēnqíng-mòmòtender and affectionate
- 棒打鸳鸯bàngdǎ-yuānyāngto break up a couple
- 欢喜冤家huānxǐ-yuānjiaa quarrelsome but loving couple
- 怜香惜玉liánxiāng-xīyùtender toward women
- 花前月下huāqián-yuèxiàromantic setting
- 风流韵事fēngliú-yùnshìromantic affair
- 男欢女爱nánhuān-nǚ’àilove between man and woman
- 情窦初开qíngdòu-chūkāifirst love awakening
- 深情厚意shēnqíng-hòuyìdeep affection and friendship
- 双宿双飞shuāngsù-shuāngfēi(of a couple) inseparable
- 一见倾心yījiàn-qīngxīnlove at first sight
- 干柴烈火gānchái-lièhuǒintense passion between lovers
- 海誓山盟hǎishì-shānméngsolemn vows of eternal love
- 柔情蜜意róuqíng-mìyìtender affection
- 喜新厌旧xǐxīn-yànjiùto love the new and tire of the old
What is a Chinese idiom about love?
一见钟情 (yījiàn-zhōngqíng): love at first sight. It is the most common of the 26 on this page.
What is a chengyu?
A set phrase, nearly always four characters, that packs a story or an image into a few words: 画蛇添足, “drawing legs on a snake”, means spoiling something by overdoing it. Chinese speakers use them in writing, speeches and everyday talk.
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Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list; meanings from our own dictionary. Open one for its characters and real sentences.