青梅竹马 — Chinese idiom
青梅竹马
qīng méi zhú mǎ
Traditional: 青梅竹馬
Meaning
- lit. green plums and hobby-horse
- fig. innocent children's games
- childhood sweethearts
- a couple who grew up as childhood friends
Character by character
- 青qīngnature's color; blue, green, black; young
- 梅méiplum; prune; surname
- 竹zhúbamboo; flute
- 马mǎhorse; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 名垂青史 míng chuí qīng shǐ
- 炉火纯青 lú huǒ chún qīng
- 碧海青天 bì hǎi qīng tiān
- 万古长青 wàn gǔ cháng qīng
- 踏青赏春 tà qīng shǎng chūn
- 踏青赏花 tà qīng shǎng huā
- 雨过天青 yǔ guò tiān qīng
- 青天白日 qīng tiān bái rì
- 青天霹雳 qīng tiān pī lì
- 青山绿水 qīng shān lǜ shuǐ
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