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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

异性 [yìxìng]
  1. 1. noun [指性别] the opposite sex
  2. 2. noun [指性质] opposite

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

异性 [yìxìng]
  1. 1. the opposite sex
  2. 2. different in nature; heterosexual
    自然生物,异性吸引。
    异性的电互相吸引。
    Unlike electric charges attract each other.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

异性 [yìxìng]
  1. 1. 性别不同的人或生物
    异性朋友。
    吸引异性
  2. 2. 性质不同的东西
    异性相吸,同性相斥。

Examples

异性的电互相吸引。
Unlike electric charges attract each other. 异性
同性相斥,异性相吸。
他的异性朋友多于同性朋友。 同性
异性互相吸引。
自然生物,异性吸引。 异性
她离婚后基本上就很少和异性交往了。
She has rarely associated with the other sex since her divorce. 基本上
不论是磁铁还是电流, 都是同性相斥、异性相吸。
Magnets or currents of the same polarity will repel each other, while those of different polarity will attract each other. 相斥
异性进行性侵犯会受到法律制裁。
Those who give sexual harassment to the other sex will be punished by the law. 性侵犯
异性相吸
opposites attract
同性相斥,异性相吸。 相斥

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