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恩爱

ēn'ài

loving; affectionate as a couple

An elderly couple walks arm in arm under one umbrella
Memory picture

Characters in this word

恩 ēn

Strokes
10
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
因 cause, reason 心 heart
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 恩

爱 ài

Strokes
10
Radical
爫 — claws, nails, talons
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 那对恩爱的夫妻每天傍晚手牵手去河边散步。 Nà duì ēn'ài de fūqī měitiān bàngwǎn shǒu qiān shǒu qù hébiān sànbù. That loving couple walk hand in hand to the river every evening.
  • 他们结婚三十年了,还是那么恩爱。 Tāmen jiéhūn sānshí nián le, háishi nàme ēn'ài. They have been married for thirty years and are still so affectionate.
  • 她从小看着父母恩爱的样子,也希望有一段这样的婚姻。 Tā cóngxiǎo kàn zhe fùmǔ ēn'ài de yàngzi, yě xīwàng yǒu yí duàn zhèyàng de hūnyīn. Having watched her loving parents since childhood, she hopes for a marriage like theirs.

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