总角之交 — Chinese idiom
总角之交
zǒng jiǎo zhī jiāo
Traditional: 總角之交
Meaning
- childhood friend
Character by character
- 总zǒngto gather, to collect; overall, altogether
- 角jiǎoangle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 交jiāoto connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect;
Idioms sharing a character
- 总角之好 zǒng jiǎo zhī hǎo
- 初露头角 chū lù tóu jiǎo
- 勾心斗角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo
- 崭露头角 zhǎn lù tóu jiǎo
- 拐弯抹角 guǎi wān mò jiǎo
- 牛角挂书 niú jiǎo guà shū
- 钻牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān
- 头角峥嵘 tóu jiǎo zhēng róng
- 凤毛麟角 fèng máo lín jiǎo
- 麟角凤觜 lín jiǎo fèng zuǐ
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