hai vợ chồng

Thân thiện

Hai vợ chồng cùng nhau trồng cây trong vườn.

Definition

1. Noun Phrase:
   • The married couple: Refers specifically to two people who are married to each other, considered as a single unit. It emphasizes the pair as a spousal entity.

Usage Examples

• Noun Phrase:
  • Hai vợ chồng tôi rất hạnh phúc. (My husband and I [lit. 'the married couple'] are very happy.)
  • Hai vợ chồng ấy mới chuyển đến đây. (That married couple just moved here.)
  • Hai vợ chồng cùng nhau xây dựng sự nghiệp. (The married couple built their career together.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase inherently specifies the number as two ("hai"). It is a fixed, collective term for a husband and wife.
• It is commonly used as the subject of a sentence to describe joint actions, characteristics, or situations of the couple.

Variants and Related Words

• Vợ chồng (n): A more general term for "married couple" or "spouses," which does not specify the number "two" explicitly but is often understood as such.
  • Vợ chồng son. (Newlyweds.)
• Đôi vợ chồng (n): Another way to say "a pair of spouses" or "the couple," using "đôi" (pair) for emphasis.

Synonyms

• The couple: A general term for two people in a romantic relationship, often married.
• Husband and wife: Specifically names the two roles within the marriage.
• Spouses: A formal term for married partners.

Related Idioms

• Thuận vợ thuận chồng: Literally "agreeable wife, agreeable husband," meaning a harmonious and compatible married couple.
  • Hai vợ chồng sống thuận vợ thuận chồng. (The married couple lives in harmony.)
• Vợ chồng đầu gối tai ấu: An idiom describing an intimate, close-knit couple who share everything.

Học thuật

noun

1. the married couple