jìn​hu

bordering on

近乎 jìn​hu
bordering on verb
approaching or nearly reaching a certain state, quality, or condition

His unreasonable demand is bordering on provocation.

intimate verb
close and friendly in a social or personal relationship

He gets along very closely with his colleagues.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
4.17 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
6.65 per million

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