ruò​jí​ruò​lí

keeping one's distance

  • created reference approved 若即若离/若即若離 → 形影不离/形影不離 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    若即若离 / 若即若離 ruò​jí​ruò​lí

    形影不离 / 形影不離 xíng​yǐng​bù​lí

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  • created reference approved 若即若离/若即若離 → 不即不离/不即不離 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    若即若离 / 若即若離 ruò​jí​ruò​lí

    不即不离 / 不即不離 bù​jí​bù​lí

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  • created reference approved 若即若离/若即若離 → 半推半就 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    若即若离 / 若即若離 ruò​jí​ruò​lí

    半推半就 bàn​tuī​bàn​jiù

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  • created reference approved 若即若离/若即若離 → 欲就还推/欲就還推 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    若即若离 / 若即若離 ruò​jí​ruò​lí

    欲就还推 / 欲就還推 yù​jiù​hái​tuī

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  • created sense approved 若即若离/若即若離 · ruò​jí​ruò​lí · keeping one's distance — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    若即若离 / 若即若離

    ruò​jí​ruò​lí

    keeping one's distance

    (idiom) seeming neither close nor distant; used to describe a lukewarm relationship or an aloof attitude where someone is neither friendly nor distant

    若 (literal) → 若 · ruò · to seem 即 (literal) → 即 · jí · to approach 若 (literal) → 若 · ruò · to seem 离 (literal) → 离/離 · lí · to leave

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