忘年之交 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• friends with a significant age gap

Character by character

• 忘wàngto forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook
• 年niányear; anniversary; a person's age
• 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
• 交jiāoto connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect;

Idioms sharing a character

• 公而忘私 gōng ér wàng sī
• 废寝忘食 fèi qǐn wàng shí
• 忘乎所以 wàng hū suǒ yǐ
• 忘恩负义 wàng ēn fù yì
• 念念不忘 niàn niàn bù wàng
• 舍生忘死 shě shēng wàng sǐ
• 数典忘祖 shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ
• 没齿难忘 mò chǐ nán wàng
• 发愤忘食 fā fèn wàng shí
• 见利忘义 jiàn lì wàng yì

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