疏不间亲 — Chinese idiom
疏不间亲
shū bù jiàn qīn
Traditional: 疏不間親
Meaning
- outsiders should not come between close relatives
Character by character
- 疏shūto neglect; to dredge, to clear away; lax, careles
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 间jiànbetween, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
- 亲qīnrelatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree
Idioms sharing a character
- 仗义疏财 zhàng yì shū cái
- 才疏学浅 cái shū xué qiǎn
- 疏谋少略 shū móu shǎo lüè
- 疏水箪瓢 shū shuǐ dān piáo
- 疏财仗义 shū cái zhàng yì
- 疏财重义 shū cái zhòng yì
- 亲疏贵贱 qīn shū guì jiàn
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
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