贫贱之交 pínjiànzhījiāo friends from one's humble days Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 贫贱 貧賤 pínjiàn poor and humble poor and of low social status之 zhī particle [possessive] Connects a describing word or phrase to the noun it describes, similar to 的 de but used in formal or literary writing.交 jiāo noun friendship Friendship; social or diplomatic relations