| 复合形式： |
| common-law wife nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (woman in informal marriage) | 习惯法上的妻子
xí guàn fǎ shàng de qī zi |
| | | 事实婚姻中的妻子
shì shí hūn yīn zhōng de qī zǐ |
| | John had more than one common-law wife, though he was never married. |
| ex-wife nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (woman: former spouse) | 前妻
qián qī |
| | I still love my ex-wife. |
| husband and wife nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." | (married heterosexual couple) | 夫妻
fū qī |
| | John and I became husband and wife ten years ago today. |
| live as husband and wife v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (cohabit as a couple) | 同居
tóng jū |
| | | 夫妻共同生活
fū qī gòng tóng shēng huó |
| | They might as well be married; they've been living for years as husband and wife. |
| trophy wife nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | pejorative (beautiful woman seen as status symbol for husband) (用以炫耀身份地位的) | 花瓶妻子，花瓶夫人
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| | The men at the conference all seemed to have trophy wives. |
| wife swapping nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | slang (swinging: exchange of sex partners) (俚语) | 互换妻子，换妻
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| | Wife swapping? You're joking, surely - he's a minister of the church! |