挨肩擦背 — Chinese idiom
挨肩擦背
āi jiān cā bèi
Meaning
- to be crowded together
Character by character
- 挨āiclose by, near, next to, towards, against; to lean
- 肩jiānshoulders; to shoulder, to bear
- 擦cāto clean, to erase, to polish; a brush
- 背bèiback, backside; to betray, to violate
Idioms sharing a character
- 挨打受气 ái dǎ shòu qì
- 挨打受骂 ái dǎ shòu mà
- 挨饿受冻 ái è shòu dòng
- 并肩作战 bìng jiān zuò zhàn
- 勾肩搭背 gōu jiān dā bèi
- 摩拳擦掌 mó quán cā zhǎng
- 擦亮眼睛 cā liàng yǎn jīng
- 扼喉抚背 è hóu fǔ bèi
- 弃约背盟 qì yuē bèi méng
- 汗流浃背 hàn liú jiā bèi
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