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血肉相連

简 血肉相连 · 繁 血肉相連
Mandarin · pinyin xuè ròu xiāng lián

Meanings

  1. one's own flesh and blood (idiom); closely related
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血
xuè · blood; Kangxi radical 143
肉
ròu · flesh; meat; Kangxi radical 130
相
xiāng · mutual, reciprocal, each other
連
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连
lián · join, connect; continuous; even
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4–4–1–2 · xue4 rou4 xiang1 lian2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hyut3 juk6 soeng1 lin4

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hyut3 juk6 soeng1 lin4

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to be very intimately connected; to be connected by flesh and blood

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