患難之交 huàn nàn zhī jiāo

friend in hard times; true friend

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a friend in times of tribulations (idiom); a friend in need is a friend indeed

Characters

Character Meaning
患 huàn HSK 6
to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); worry
難 nàn
difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
交 jiāo HSK 4
to pay (money); to hand over; to deliver