相亲相爱
xiāng qīn xiāng ài
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 相親相愛
To be close to and fond of one another; to live together in affection and harmony. Said of family members, couples, classmates or neighbours who get on very well.
Thân thiết, yêu thương lẫn nhau, sống hoà thuận với nhau. Dùng để nói về người trong gia đình, vợ chồng, bạn học hay hàng xóm gắn bó, quý mến nhau.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 爱/愛 = ái; etymology of “tương thân tương ái” = 相親相愛 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “tương thân tương ái” (tuong-than-tuong-ai). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “相亲相爱” mean?
To be close to and fond of one another; to live together in affection and harmony. Said of family members, couples, classmates or neighbours who get on very well. Literally: close to each other, loving each other
Is “相亲相爱” formal or informal?
相亲相爱 is generally neutral.