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companionship / fellowship / friendship
HSK 5
human emotions / social relationship; friendship / favor; a good turn
HSK 7-9
friendly feelings / friendship
HSK 7-9
dense / thick / strong / rich (colors) / heavy (aroma) / deep (friendship) / profound (effect)
HSK 7-9
friendship; camaraderie
HSK 7-9
friendship / friendly relations
HSK 7-9
brethren on the other side of the border (used in the context of China-Myanmar friendship) (loanword from Burmese "paukphaw", meaning "close kin")
lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship
lit. to live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship
close friendship / a meeting of minds
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  *缔* | 缔* | *缔
(archaic) to bind up inextricably / (bound form) to form an enduring union; to establish (an alliance, a friendship, a nation etc)
paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom) / to value sex over friendship
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  *谊* | 谊* | *谊
friendship / also pr. [yi2]
friendship / fellowship
to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake
mutual affection; friendship
enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal / for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc) / also written 天長地久|天长地久
deep friendship
false friendship; hypocritical show of affection
intimate friendship / bosom buddies
association / communion / friendship
sworn brotherhood / intimate friendship
personal friendship
out of genuine friendship (idiom) / sincere feelings
friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
generous friendship
old friendship
as close as brothers (idiom); deep friendship
to float about / (of a feeling) to show on the face / (of speech, friendship etc) shallow / vague
profound love, generous friendship (idiom)
relationship that is more than friendship
profound friendship / sworn brotherhood
to make friends / to form friendship
sincere (in friendship) / cordial
intimate friendship (idiom)
lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord
bond / ties (of friendship etc)
to have an intimate friendship
(Internet slang) end of friendship / friendship over!
to try to gain sb's friendship
Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)
feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom) / deep friendship
don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
Friendship Store, PRC state-run store originally intended for foreigners, diplomats etc, specializing in selling imported Western goods and quality Chinese crafts
cordiality / friendship
friendship
to cultivate friendship with neighbors
lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
Friendship Peak or Khüiten Peak (4,356 m), the highest peak of the Altai mountains
a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
as close as one's hands and feet (idiom); loving one another as brothers / deep friendship / closely attached to one another
as close as flesh and bones (idiom); deep friendship
relation / close friendship
lit. to live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship
(idiom) to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially
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justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship
to pick up (a theme etc) / to regain (confidence) / to revive (a custom, friendship etc)
to learn sth over again / to review / to brush up / to revive (memories, friendship etc)
profound love, generous friendship (idiom)


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