若即若离 (若即若離)
ruò jí ruò lí
Pinyin

Definition

若即若离 (若即若離)
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ruò jí ruò lí
  1. lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom)
  2. fig. to keep one's distance
  3. (of a relationship) lukewarm
  4. vague

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 namely
  2. 2 that is
  3. 3 i.e.
  4. 4 prompt
  5. 5 at once
  6. 6 at present
  7. 7 even if
  8. 8 prompted (by the occasion)
  9. 9 to approach
  10. 10 to come into contact
  11. 11 to assume (office)
  12. 12 to draw near
jí shǐ
  1. 1 even if
  2. 2 even though
jí jiāng
  1. 1 on the eve of
  2. 2 to be about to
  3. 3 to be on the verge of
lì jí
  1. 1 immediately
ruò
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 like
  3. 3 as
  4. 4 if

Idioms (20)

一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
  1. 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit it off
  3. 3 to click together
  4. 4 to chime in easily
一蹴即至
yī cù jí zhì
  1. 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
  2. 2 success at a stroke
  3. 3 to get results overnight
冷若冰霜
lěng ruò bīng shuāng
  1. 1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
  2. 2 frigid
判若云泥
pàn ruò yún ní
  1. 1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 worlds apart
危若朝露
wēi ruò zhāo lù
  1. 1 precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day