桃园结义 — Chinese idiom
桃园结义
táo yuán jié yì
Traditional: 桃園結義
Meaning
- to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三国演义 (Sān guó Yǎn yì))
Character by character
- 桃táopeach; marriage; surname
- 园yuángarden, park; orchard
- 结jiéknot, tie; to connect, to join
- 义yìright conduct, propriety; justice
Idioms sharing a character
- 投桃报李 tóu táo bào lǐ
- 杏脸桃腮 xìng liǎn táo sāi
- 桃腮粉脸 táo sāi fěn liǎn
- 樱桃小嘴 yīng táo xiǎo zuǐ
- 走桃花运 zǒu táo huā yùn
- 目不窥园 mù bù kuī yuán
- 劳逸结合 láo yì jié hé
- 喜结良缘 xǐ jié liáng yuán
- 喜结连理 xǐ jié lián lǐ
- 土洋结合 tǔ yáng jié hé
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