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重色輕友

简重色轻友 · 繁重色輕友

Mandarin · pinyin zhòng sè qīng yǒu

paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom)
to value sex over friendship

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重: zhòng · heavy, weighty; double
色: sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
輕: qīng · light; easy, simple; gentle
友: yǒu · friend, companion; fraternity
轻: qīng · light; easy, simple; gentle

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4–4–1–3 · zhong4 se4 qing1 you3

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zung6 sik1 hing1 jau5

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(idiomatic) hoes before bros; prioritising one's opposite-sex friend/partner over one's same-sex friends

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