親兄弟，明算帳 qīn xiōng dì ， míng suàn zhàng

even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
親 qīn
close; intimate; to kiss
兄 xiōng HSK 5
elder brother
弟 dì HSK 2
younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
明 míng HSK 1
bright; (of meaning) clear; to understand
算 suàn HSK 3
to regard as; to calculate; to figure
帳 zhàng
variant of 賬zhàng; tent; canopy