金兰之交

金蘭之交
jīnlánzhījiāo
intimate friendship (idiom)

CEDICT

sworn brotherhood; intimate friendship

Wiktionary

情意相投的朋友。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 金兰 jīnlán
  1. profound friendship
  2. sworn brotherhood
2 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
3 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

Related entries

莫逆之交 mònìzhījiāo
  1. intimate friendship
  2. bosom buddies
八拜之交 bābàizhījiāo
  1. sworn brotherhood
  2. intimate friendship