竹马之交 zhú mǎ zhī jiāo

childhood friend (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. childhood friend (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
竹 zhú HSK 5
bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
马 mǎ HSK 3
horse; surname Ma
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
交 jiāo HSK 4
to pay (money); to hand over; to deliver