芝兰之室 zhī lán zhī shì

good, noble environment; company of good people

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. a room with irises and orchids (idiom); fig. in wealthy and pleasant company

Characters

Character Meaning
芝 zhī
Zoysia pungens
兰 lán
orchid (兰花lán huā Cymbidium goeringii); surname Lan
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
室 shì HSK 2
room; work unit; family or clan