青梅竹马
qīng méi zhú mǎ
Pinyin

Definition

青梅竹马
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qīng méi zhú mǎ
  1. lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
  2. fig. innocent children's games
  3. childhood sweethearts
  4. a couple who grew up as childhood friends

Related Words (20)

爆竹
bào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
青年
qīng nián
  1. 1 youth
  2. 2 youthful years
  3. 3 young person
  4. 4 the young
青春
qīng chūn
  1. 1 youth
  2. 2 youthfulness
青春期
qīng chūn qī
  1. 1 puberty
  2. 2 adolescence
青菜
qīng cài
  1. 1 green vegetables
  2. 2 Chinese cabbage
刺青
cì qīng
  1. 1 tattoo
刘青云
Liú Qīng yún
  1. 1 Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor
小青年
xiǎo qīng nián
  1. 1 young person
  2. 2 youngster
山竹
shān zhú
  1. 1 mangosteen
年青
nián qīng
  1. 1 youthful
愤青
fèn qīng
  1. 1 angry youth
  2. 2 positive term used to describe young Chinese with extreme nationalistic tendencies
  3. 3 see also 糞青|粪青[fèn qīng]
放爆竹
fàng bào zhú
  1. 1 to set off firecrackers
林青霞
Lín Qīng xiá
  1. 1 Brigitte Lin (1954-), Taiwanese actress
梅
Méi
  1. 1 surname Mei
梅子
méi zi
  1. 1 plum
梅州
Méi zhōu
  1. 1 Meizhou prefecture-level city in Guangdong
梅林
Méi lín
  1. 1 Merlin
梅花
méi huā
  1. 1 plum blossom
  2. 2 clubs ♣ (a suit in card games)
  3. 3 wintersweet (dialect)
梅西
Méi xī
  1. 1 Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer
杨梅
Yáng méi
  1. 1 Yangmei town in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan

Idioms (20)

不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
名垂青史
míng chuí qīng shǐ
  1. 1 lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
山青水灵
shān qīng shuǐ líng
  1. 1 green mountains and vivacious waters (idiom)
  2. 2 lush and lively scenery
望梅止渴
wàng méi zhǐ kě
  1. 1 lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to console oneself with illusions
炉火纯青
lú huǒ chún qīng
  1. 1 lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
  1. 1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
  1. 1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
碧海青天
bì hǎi qīng tiān
  1. 1 green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade
  2. 2 loneliness of faithful widow
竹篮打水
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹篮打水，一场空
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹马之交
zhú mǎ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 childhood friend (idiom)
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
  1. 1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
  2. 2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
  3. 3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
胸有成竹
xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
  1. 1 to plan in advance (idiom)
  2. 2 a card up one's sleeve
  3. 3 forewarned is forearmed
踏青赏春
tà qīng shǎng chūn
  1. 1 to enjoy a beautiful spring walk (idiom)
踏青赏花
tà qīng shǎng huā
  1. 1 to enjoy the flowers on a spring outing (idiom)
雨过天青
yǔ guò tiān qīng
  1. 1 sky clears after rain
  2. 2 new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom)
  3. 3 every cloud has a silver lining (idiom)
  4. 4 see also 雨過天晴|雨过天晴[yǔ guò tiān qíng]
青出于蓝而胜于蓝
qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lán
  1. 1 lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the student surpasses the master

Sample Sentences

他们两个是青梅竹马。
tāmen liǎng ge shì qīngméizhúmǎ 。
The two of them are childhood sweethearts.
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青梅竹马
qīngméizhúmǎ
Innocent feelings of puppy love.
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我们从小一起长大，连到高中都是上同一个学校，怎么说也是青梅竹马，你还有什么好担心的？
wǒmen cóngxiǎo yīqǐ zhǎngdà ，lián dào gāozhōng dōu shì shàng tóng yī ge xuéxiào ，zěnme shuō yě shì qīngméizhúmǎ ，nǐ háiyǒu shénme hǎo dānxīn de ？
We grew up together. We even went to the same high school. No matter how you look at it, it was puppy love. What is there for you to worry about?
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