不分彼此

Mandarin · pinyin bù fēn bǐ cǐ

Meanings

  1. to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)
  2. to share everything
  3. to be on very intimate terms
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不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
分
fēn · divide; small unit of time etc.
彼
bǐ · that, there, those
此
cǐ · this, these; in this case, then
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4–1–3–3 · bu4 fen1 bi3 ci3

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  1. (idiomatic) to share everything; to be on very intimate terms

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Exact source record不分彼此 不分彼此 [bu4 fen1 bi3 ci3] /to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)/to share everything/to be on very intimate terms/