小三
xiǎo sān
Pinyin

Definition

小三
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xiǎo sān
  1. mistress
  2. the other woman (coll.)
  3. grade 3 in elementary school

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
三亚
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
三分之一
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third
三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
三岔口
Sān chà kǒu
  1. 1 At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn]
三峡
Sān xiá
  1. 1 Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qú táng Xiá], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wū Xiá] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xī líng Xiá]
  2. 2 Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn běi shì], Taiwan
三文鱼
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
三明治
sān míng zhì
  1. 1 sandwich (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
三星
Sān xīng
  1. 1 Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
  2. 2 Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
三月
Sān yuè
  1. 1 March
  2. 2 third month (of the lunar year)
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
三角
sān jiǎo
  1. 1 triangle
三里屯
Sān lǐ tún
  1. 1 Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
初三
chū sān
  1. 1 third year in junior middle school
十三
shí sān
  1. 1 thirteen
  2. 2 13
大小
dà xiǎo
  1. 1 dimension
  2. 2 magnitude
  3. 3 size
  4. 4 measurement
  5. 5 large and small
  6. 6 at any rate
  7. 7 adults and children
  8. 8 consideration of seniority
大年三十
dà nián sān shí
  1. 1 last day of the lunar year
  2. 2 Chinese New Year's Eve

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī
  1. 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
  2. 2 the facts of the matter
  3. 3 the actual situation
三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
  1. 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三十而立
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这么赤裸裸的打击人，你看啊，最近离婚率那么高，男人又都爱找网红脸小三，特肤浅，我对男人失望至极。
zhème chìluǒluǒ de dǎjī rén ，nǐ kàn ā ，zuìjìn líhūn lǜ nàme gāo ，nánrén yòu dōu ài zhǎo wǎnghóng liǎn xiǎosān ，tè fūqiǎn ，wǒ duì nánrén shīwàng zhìjí 。
Such a blatant personal attack. Look how high the divorce rate has been recently and guys always look to cheat with mistresses with the faces of internet celebrities, it's so superficial. I'm really disappointed with men.
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老公送花一定没有好事，恐怕是有小三了！
lǎogōng sòng huā yīdìng méiyǒu hǎoshì ，kǒngpà shì yǒu xiǎosān le ！
If your husband is getting you flowers, it's a sign of something bad. He probably has a mistress!
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我虽然有小三，可是我还是很爱我太太。
wǒ suīrán yǒu xiǎosān ，kěshì wǒ háishì hěn ài wǒ tàitai 。
Even though I have a mistress, I still really love my wife.
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你果然有小三！
nǐ guǒrán yǒu xiǎosān ！
You DO have a mistress!
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我那么帅，又有钱，当然有小三。
wǒ nàme shuài ，yòu yǒu qián ，dāngrán yǒu xiǎosān 。
Being this good looking and wealth, of course I have a mistress.
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你竟然有小三！
nǐ jìngrán yǒu xiǎosān ！
I can't believe you have a mistress!
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我的小三很忙，不然我回去找我太太吧。
wǒ de xiǎosān hěn máng ，bùrán wǒ huíqu zhǎo wǒ tàitai ba 。
My mistress is really busy, I might go back to my wife instead.
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因为小三的问题，我现在非常懊悔，家庭生活很不愉快。
yīnwèi xiǎosān de wèntí ，wǒ xiànzài fēicháng àohuǐ ，jiātíng shēnghuó hěn bù yúkuài 。
I really regret now that because I had a mistress, my family life is really not happy.
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是破坏你们的那个小三吗？
shì pòhuài nǐmen de nà gè xiǎosān ma ？
Was it that mistress of his who broke you up?
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如果“小三”走了，他自然会回家。
rúguǒ “xiǎosān ”zǒu le ，tā zìrán huì huíjiā 。
If the mistress goes, he will come home naturally.
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