No fight, no acquaintance(bù dǎ bù xiāng shí)

No fight, no acquaintance

Ming Shi Naian's Water Margin chapter 38: you two are now close friends. As the saying goes: "no fight, no acquaintance."

Idiom information

[idiom] if you don't know each other, you can't get to know each other. [usage] used as object and clause; used for communication with friends [structure] complex sentence form [time] ancient times [lantern riddle] comrades in arms [English] out of blogs friends high rows it takes a fight for people to know each other Words, courtesy and humble words, little wrong and big straight, a word with a hundred beaks, not a single coin

Idiom story

Song Jiang was assigned to Jiangzhou for committing a crime. He met Dai Zong and Li Kui in the river. They went to the pipating tavern by the river to drink. Song Jiang wanted to drink fresh fish soup. Li Kui went to the fishing boat by the river to get it. When Zhang Shun, the owner of the fishing boat, had a dispute with Li Kui, a fight broke out. Dai Zong went to persuade them to fight. The three men went to see Song Jiang. Song Jiang immediately united them and made them friends.

Examples of Idioms

It's hard to get to know each other. They soon became good friends.

Chinese PinYin : bù dǎ bù xiāng shí