两肋插刀
liǎng​lèi​chā​dāo

to go to great lengths for a friend

  • created sense approved 两肋插刀/兩肋插刀 · liǎng​lèi​chā​dāo · to go to great lengths for a friend — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    两肋插刀 / 兩肋插刀

    liǎng​lèi​chā​dāo

    to go to great lengths for a friend

    literally meaning knives piercing both sides; used to describe a person who values friendship so highly that they are willing to take great risks or even sacrifice their life for a friend

    liǎng​lè​chā​dāo

    两 (literal) → 两/兩 · liǎng · two 肋 (literal) → 肋 · lèi · rib 插 (literal) → 插 · chā · to insert 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense