不即不离
bù​jí​bù​lí

aloof

  • created sense approved 不即不离/不即不離 · bù​jí​bù​lí · aloof

    不即不离 / 不即不離

    bù​jí​bù​lí

    aloof

    To maintain a relationship or attitude that is neither too intimate nor too distant; to keep someone at arm's length.

    他对他那个老同学一直采取不即不离的态度。

    idiom

    created sense