刎颈之交
wěn​jǐng​zhī​jiāo

friends till death

  • created reference approved 刎颈之交/刎頸之交 → 刎颈交/刎頸交 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刎颈之交 / 刎頸之交 wěn​jǐng​zhī​jiāo

    刎颈交 / 刎頸交 wěn​jǐng​jiāo

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 刎颈之交/刎頸之交 · wěn​jǐng​zhī​jiāo · friends till death — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刎颈之交 / 刎頸之交

    wěn​jǐng​zhī​jiāo

    friends till death

    (literary) a friendship so deep that one would die for the other; friends who have shared life and death or deep hardships

    刎颈 (literal) → 刎颈/刎頸 · wěn​jǐng · to share life and death 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 交 (literal) → 交 · jiāo · friendship

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

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