海内存知己，天涯若比邻
hǎi​nèi​cún​zhī​jǐ​tiān​yá​ruò​bǐ​lín

bosom friends make distance disappear

  • created sense approved 海内存知己，天涯若比邻/海內存知己，天涯若比鄰 · hǎi​nèi​cún​zhī​jǐ​tiān​yá​ruò​bǐ​lín · bosom friends make distance disappear — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    海内存知己，天涯若比邻 / 海內存知己，天涯若比鄰

    hǎi​nèi​cún​zhī​jǐ​tiān​yá​ruò​bǐ​lín

    bosom friends make distance disappear

    Famous poetic line meaning as long as one has a true friend within the world, even the farthest corners of the earth feel like home; used to express that deep friendship transcends physical distance.

    hǎi​nèi​cún​zhī​jǐ​tiān​yá​ruò​bì​lín

    海内 (literal) → 海内/海內 · hǎi​nèi · within the country 存 (literal) → 存 · cún · to exist 知己 (literal) → 知己 · zhī​jǐ · intimate friend ， (non_chinese) 天涯若比邻 (literal) → 天涯若比邻/天涯若比鄰 · tiān​yá​ruò​bǐ​lín · far apart but close in spirit

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