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In this paper, the dynamical properties and the classification of single traveling wave solutions of the coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations with variable coefficients are investigated by utilizing the bifurcation theory and the complete discrimination system method. Firstly, coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations with variable coefficients are transformed into coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations by the traveling wave transformations. Then, phase portraits of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations with variable coefficients are plotted by selecting the suitable parameters. Furthermore, the traveling wave solutions of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations with variable coefficients which correspond to phase orbits are easily obtained by applying the method of planar dynamical systems, which can help us to further understand the propagation of the coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations with variable coefficients in nonlinear optics. Finally, the periodic wave solutions, implicit analytical solutions, hyperbolic function solutions, and Jacobian elliptic function solutions of the coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations with variable coefficients are constructed.