稱兄道弟
chēng​xiōng​dào​dì

to call each other brothers

  • created sense approved 称兄道弟/稱兄道弟 · chēng​xiōng​dào​dì · to call each other brothers — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    称兄道弟 / 稱兄道弟

    chēng​xiōng​dào​dì

    to call each other brothers

    to be on very intimate terms; to address each other as brothers in a friendly and informal way

    称 (literal) → 称/稱 · chēng · to call 兄 (literal) → 兄 · xiōng · older male friend 道 (literal) → 道 · dào · to say 弟 (literal) → 弟 · dì · younger brother

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

    created sense