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Definitions
1. friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
Components
君子
jūn zǐ
–
nobleman
之
zhī
–
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
交
jiāo
–
to hand over
Related Words
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
–
a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])