天涯若比鄰
tiān​yá​ruò​bǐ​lín

far apart but close in spirit

  • created reference approved 天涯若比邻/天涯若比鄰 → 天涯比邻/天涯比鄰 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天涯若比邻 / 天涯若比鄰 tiān​yá​ruò​bǐ​lín

    天涯比邻 / 天涯比鄰 tiān​yá​bǐ​lín

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 天涯若比邻/天涯若比鄰 · tiān​yá​ruò​bǐ​lín · far apart but close in spirit — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天涯若比邻 / 天涯若比鄰

    tiān​yá​ruò​bǐ​lín

    far apart but close in spirit

    (idiom) even though the ends of the earth separate us, we are as close as next-door neighbors; used to describe deep friendship that overcomes physical distance

    tiān​yá​ruò​bì​lín

    天涯 (literal) → 天涯 · tiān​yá · far corners of the earth 若 (literal) → 若 · ruò · to seem 比邻 (literal) → 比邻/比鄰 · bǐ​lín · neighbor

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

    created sense