异地恋

異地戀

yìdìliàn

noun

Meanings

1 long-distance relationship
2 long-distance romance

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Examples

他们谈了三年异地恋，上个月终于结婚了。

Tāmen tán le sānnián yìdìliàn, shànggeyuè zhōngyú jiéhūn le.

They dated long-distance for three years and finally got married last month.

异地恋真的很考验两个人。

Yìdìliàn zhēnde hěn kǎoyàn liǎng gerén.

Long-distance relationships really test a couple.

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Very common modern internet/spoken term, often used with the verb 谈 (谈异地恋 'to be in a long-distance relationship'). Contrast 异国恋 'international relationship' — 异地 emphasizes different cities, 异国 different countries.

Stroke Order

异 yì

地 dì

恋 liàn