耳鬓厮磨
ěr​bìn​sī​mó

to be intimately close

  • created sense approved 耳鬓厮磨/耳鬢廝磨 · ěr​bìn​sī​mó · to be intimately close — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    耳鬓厮磨 / 耳鬢廝磨

    ěr​bìn​sī​mó

    to be intimately close

    (idiom) literally ears and sideburns rubbing against one another; describes two people (especially a young couple or childhood friends) being extremely intimate or spending a lot of time together

    耳 (literal) → 耳 · ěr · ear 鬓 (literal) → 鬓/鬢 · bìn · temples 厮 (literal) → 厮/廝 · sī · together 磨 (literal) → 磨 · mó · to rub

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

    created sense