尚友
shàng​yǒu

to befriend the ancients

  • created sense approved 尚友 · shàng​yǒu · to befriend the ancients — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尚友

    shàng​yǒu

    to befriend the ancients

    to acquaint oneself with people of the past by reading their books and studying their history; to hold people of antiquity as friends

    尚, 友

    尚 (literal) → 尚 · shàng · to value 友 (literal) → 友 · yǒu · to befriend

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

    created sense