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親如手足

简 亲如手足 · 繁 親如手足
Mandarin · pinyin qīn rú shǒu zú

Meanings

  1. as close as brothers (idiom); deep friendship
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親
qīn · relatives, parents; intimate
如
rú · if, supposing; as if; like, as
手
shǒu · hand
足
zú · foot; attain, satisfy, enough; Kangxi radical 156
亲
qīn · relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree
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1–2–3–2 · qin1 ru2 shou3 zu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

can1 jyu4 sau2 zuk1

Cantonese word readings for 親如手足. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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can1 jyu4 sau2 zuk1

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