xiù ēn àidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to publicly display one's affection for one's partner
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Original source entry:

秀恩愛 秀恩爱 [xiu4 en1 ai4] /to publicly display one's affection for one's partner/

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Other forms in these source records: 秀恩愛

  • 秀
    xiù

    (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show (as in 時裝秀|时装秀[shí zhuāng xiù]) / (loanword) to show off / to flaunt (as in 秀廚藝|秀厨艺[xiù chú yì]) / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears

  • 恩
    ēn

    favor / grace / kindness / (coll.) used like 嗯[èn] in online chat, expressing agreement

  • 爱
    ài

    to love / to be fond of / to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth) / to tend to (happen)

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