势利之交
shì​lì​zhī​jiāo

fair-weather friendship

  • created sense approved 势利之交/勢利之交 · shì​lì​zhī​jiāo · fair-weather friendship — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    势利之交 / 勢利之交

    shì​lì​zhī​jiāo

    fair-weather friendship

    a friendship based on power, influence, or wealth rather than genuine affection

    势利 (literal) → 势利/勢利 · shì​lì · power and wealth 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 交 (literal) → 交 · jiāo · friendship

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

    created sense