亲如手足 — Chinese idiom
亲如手足
qīn rú shǒu zú
Traditional: 親如手足
Meaning
- as close as brothers ; deep friendship
Character by character
- 亲qīnrelatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 手shǒuhand
- 足zúfoot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
Idioms sharing a character
- 串亲访友 chuàn qīn fǎng yǒu
- 任人唯亲 rèn rén wéi qīn
- 六亲不认 liù qīn bù rèn
- 六亲无靠 liù qīn wú kào
- 割股疗亲 gē gǔ liáo qīn
- 大义灭亲 dà yì miè qīn
- 御驾亲征 yù jià qīn zhēng
- 攀亲道故 pān qīn dào gù
- 沾亲带故 zhān qīn dài gù
- 疏不间亲 shū bù jiàn qīn
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