不是冤家不聚头
bù​shì​yuān​jia​bù​jù​tóu

opponents always meet

  • created reference approved 不是冤家不聚头/不是冤家不聚頭 → 冤家 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不是冤家不聚头 / 不是冤家不聚頭 bù​shì​yuān​jia​bù​jù​tóu

    冤家 yuān​jia

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 不是冤家不聚头/不是冤家不聚頭 · bù​shì​yuān​jia​bù​jù​tóu · opponents always meet — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不是冤家不聚头 / 不是冤家不聚頭

    bù​shì​yuān​jia​bù​jù​tóu

    opponents always meet

    Destiny will make enemies meet; often used to describe lovers, couples, or family members whose lives are bound together by constant bickering or fate.

    bù​shì​yuān​jiā​bù​jù​tóu

    不是 (literal) → 不是 · bù​shì · no 冤家 (literal) → 冤家 · yuān​jia · enemy 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 聚头 (literal) → 聚头/聚頭 · jù​tóu · to meet up

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense