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Home / Idiom / 青梅竹马

lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) · fig. innocent children's games · childhood sweethearts · a couple who grew up as childhood friends

青梅竹马
qīng méi zhú mǎ
q+īng·1st tonem+éi·2nd tonezh+ú·2nd tonem+ǎ·3rd tone
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(idiom) childhood friend总角之交zǒng jiǎo zhī jiāochildhood friend (idiom)竹马之交zhú mǎ zhī jiāoto propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom)指腹为婚zhǐ fù wéi hūnlit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) · fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood耳鬓厮磨ěr bìn sī mó
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