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情同手足

Mandarin · pinyin qíng tóng shǒu zú

as close as one's hands and feet (idiom); loving one another as brothers
deep friendship
closely attached to one another

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情: qíng · feeling, sentiment, emotion
同: tóng · same, similar; together with
手: shǒu · hand
足: zú · foot; attain, satisfy, enough; Kangxi radical 156

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2–2–3–2 · qing2 tong2 shou3 zu2

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cing4 tung4 sau2 zuk1

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