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若即若離
简 若即若离 · 繁 若即若離Mandarin · pinyin ruò jí ruò lí
Meanings
- lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom)
- fig. to keep one's distance
- (of a relationship) lukewarm
- vague
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4–2–4–2 · ruo4 ji2 ruo4 li2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
joek6 zik1 joek6 lei4
Cantonese word readings for 若即若離. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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joek6 zik1 joek6 lei4
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to be neither familiar nor distant; to maintain a lukewarm relationship
- (idiomatic) to be unclear; to be vague
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