竹马之交 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• childhood friend

Character by character

• 竹zhúbamboo; flute
• 马mǎhorse; surname
• 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
• 交jiāoto connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect;

Idioms sharing a character

• 势如破竹 shì rú pò zhú
• 破竹之势 pò zhú zhī shì
• 破竹建瓴 pò zhú jiàn líng
• 竹篮打水 zhú lán dǎ shuǐ
• 丝竹管弦 sī zhú guǎn xián
• 罄竹难书 qìng zhú nán shū
• 胸有成竹 xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
• 金石丝竹 jīn shí sī zhú
• 青梅竹马 qīng méi zhú mǎ
• 一马平川 yī mǎ píng chuān

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