交臂

jiāobì
  1. linking arms
  2. arm in arm
  3. very close

CEDICT

  1. 拱手。多表示恭敬、降服。
  2. 旧时罪犯双手被交叉绑在背后，称为「交臂」。
  3. 胳臂靠着胳臂。表示亲近、接近。
  4. 比喻知心的朋友。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 交 jiāo
  1. to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over
  2. to make friends
  3. (of lines) to intersect
  4. variant of 跤 jiāo
2 臂 bì arm

Containing this entry

交臂失之 jiāobìshīzhī
  1. to miss sb by a narrow chance
  2. to miss an opportunity
失之交臂 shīzhījiāobì
  1. to miss narrowly
  2. to let a great opportunity slip

Related entries

无间 wújiàn
  1. very close
  2. no gap between them
  3. continuously
  4. unbroken
  5. hard to separate
  6. indistinguishable
两步路 liǎngbùlù
  1. a step away
  2. very close
贴心贴肺 tiēxīntiēfèi
  1. considerate and caring
  2. very close
  3. intimate
间不容发 jiānbùróngfà
  1. (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom)
  2. in a critical state
  3. on the brink of crisis
  4. very close (to happening)
  5. Taiwan pr. jiànbùróngfǎ