toy figurine; action figure; stuffed animal; doll; (fig.) sb's plaything

puppet; figure

spouse

accidental; image; pair; mate

to seek a marriage partner; (of an animal) to seek a mate; to court

stuffed toy; rag doll

(literary) to be bereaved of one's spouse

happily married couple

moment of forces (mechanics)

a married couple

to contend for a mate

parity; odd and even

dual; duality; antithesis; coupled phrases (as rhetorical device); spouse

an unhappy couple (formal writing)

glove puppet; CL:尊[zun1]

to choose a spouse

parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)

puppet burial object; wooden effigy buried to put a curse on sb

thermocouple

glove puppet (Tw)

marionette

not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence; it's not the only case

zhangtou wooden rod puppetry

too rich to be a good match (in marriage) (idiom)