sworn brothers(bā bài zhī jiāo)

sworn brothers

The Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is B ā B à izh ī Ji ā o, which means that the relationship between brothers and sisters of different surnames. Metaphor is closely related. It's from Wen Jian Qian Lu.

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A close friend

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damon and pythias

Chicken and millet

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A friend who gave up his life

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be sworn to live or die together

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david and jonathan

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friendship between old and young people

Jiaoxi

open

Idiom explanation

Babai: originally refers to the etiquette for the ancient generation to visit their elders. In ancient times, the etiquette of the children who had been friends with the elders was that later generations would form brothers with different surnames, also known as Babai. Friendship: friendship. A fraternal relationship between old friends. a best friend refers to a brotherhood of the opposite sex. Metaphor is closely related.

The origin of Idioms

Shao Bowen's "Wen Jian Qian Lu" said, "Fengji paid homage to Duke Lu. The duke said," your father and I are guests, only eight worships. " If Ji doesn't get what he has, he will worship it. "

Idiom usage

To be formal; to be attributive; to be a brother or sister. Today, in front of the furnace of sages, we have become a ～, sharing happiness and riding horses. (Volume 20 of Qiludeng) 2. In the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu of the Yuan Dynasty: "there was a man whose surname was Du. His name was right and his character was Jun Shi. He was a classmate in the same county with Xiaosheng. He was a friend of Babai at the beginning." (the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu) (3) Li Chuang Wang and I used to be close friends. Although we went our own way, we never had any personal hatred. (Li Zicheng by Yao xueyin)

Idioms and allusions

In the Song Dynasty of China, there is a story in Shao Bowen's "Shao Shi Wen Jian Lu": Wen Yanbo heard that Li Ji was very arrogant towards others, and he was very unhappy. He said to people, "Li Ji's father used to be my disciple, and he should be my younger generation according to his seniority. He is so arrogant that I have to teach him." Once, Wen Yanbo was on guard in Beijing. Li Ji came to visit him when he heard about it. Wen Yanbo deliberately asked Li Ji to wait in the living room. It took him a long time to come out to meet him. After meeting Li Ji, Wen Yanbo said, "your father is my friend, so please pay me eight respects." Because of his low seniority, Li Ji had no choice but to pay eight respects to Wen Yanbo. Wen Yanbo frustrated Li Ji's pride as an elder. This is the origin of the idiom "eight friends". Later, people used "eight friends" to express the etiquette of two generations of friendly disciples when they visited each other's elders. In the old days, they were also called brothers of different surnames.

Chinese PinYin : bā bài zhī jiāo