Four character idioms - Love

[tjlai]

Hi guys.

Does anyone know any four character idioms to do with love or to describe someone that you love? I want to write a song/poem and want to use some idioms but don't really know any! Thanks in advance.

[cababunga]

Found these in CEDICT:

一見鐘情 一见钟情 /love at first sight (idiom)/

佳人才子 佳人才子 /beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom); pair of ideal lovers/cf With his brains and her looks.../

卿卿我我 卿卿我我 /to bill and coo (idiom)/to whisper sweet nothings to one another/to be very much in love/

因愛成恨 因爱成恨 /hatred caused by love (idiom)/to grow to hate someone because of unrequited love for that person/

山盟海誓 山盟海誓 /to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love/to swear by all the Gods/

情竇初開 情窦初开 /first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)/

愛不忍釋 爱不忍释 /to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)/

愛不釋手 爱不释手 /to love sth too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle admiringly/

愛屋及烏 爱屋及乌 /lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected/Love me, love my dog./

愛屋及鳥 爱屋及鸟 /variant of 愛屋及烏|爱屋及乌/lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected/Love me, love my dog./

才子佳人 才子佳人 /gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom); pair of ideal lovers/cf With his brains and her looks.../

打得火熱 打得火热 /to carry on intimately with (idiom); ardent relationship (esp. between lovers)/billing and cooing/

採蘭贈芍 采兰赠芍 /lit. pick orchids and present peonies (idiom); fig. presents between lovers/

海誓山盟 海誓山盟 /to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love/to swear by all the Gods/

深情厚意 深情厚意 /profound love, generous friendship (idiom)/

烈火乾柴 烈火干柴 /lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile/fig. consuming passion between lovers/

煙花風月 烟花风月 /refers to love-making (idiom)/

男歡女愛 男欢女爱 /passionate love (idiom)/

盟山誓海 盟山誓海 /to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love/to swear by all the Gods/

相親相愛 相亲相爱 /to be kind and love one another (idiom); bound by deep emotions/

神魂顛倒 神魂颠倒 /lit. spirit and soul upside-down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love/fascinated/captivated/

移情別戀 移情别恋 /change of affection, shift of love (idiom); to change one's feelings to another love/to fall in love with sb else/

紅杏出墻 红杏出墙 /lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall/a wife having an illicit lover (idiom)/

終成眷屬 终成眷属 /Love will find a way to come together. (idiom)/

藕斷絲連 藕断丝连 /lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another/

談情說愛 谈情说爱 /to discuss passion and talk of love (idiom); to express love with terms of endearment/billing and cooing/

重色輕友 重色轻友 /paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom)/to value sex over friendship/

金屋藏嬌 金屋藏娇 /a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom); a magnificent house built for a beloved woman/

隆情厚誼 隆情厚谊 /profound love, generous friendship (idiom)/

風流韻事 风流韵事 /poetic and passionate (idiom); romance/love affair/

[tjlai]

Wow! That's excellent! Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you very much.

[tooironic]

My blog post about 10 Chinese Love Idioms may also be of use.

[tjlai]

Yes I did come across this blog when I was scouring the net for ideas. It did help, thanks! However, I needed more and so I came here. You know what? I'm glad I did!

[Mindmaxd]

心心相印，一往情深，海誓山盟，天长地久，情有独钟

[Mindmaxd]

连枝比翼，白头相守，连枝共冢，白头偕老，天苍地老，海枯石烂

[tjlai]

Brilliant! Thank you very much. I have plenty to work with now, although most of them I don't understand!......off to Google what you've just typed me thinks! haha