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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- lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom)
- fig. to keep one's distance
- (of a relationship) lukewarm
- vague
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 namely
- 2 that is
- 3 i.e.
- 4 prompt
- 5 at once
- 6 at present
- 7 even if
- 8 prompted (by the occasion)
- 9 to approach
- 10 to come into contact
- 11 to assume (office)
- 12 to draw near
- 1 even if
- 2 even though
- 1 on the eve of
- 2 to be about to
- 3 to be on the verge of
- 1 immediately
- 1 to seem
- 2 like
- 3 as
- 4 if
Idioms (20)
一拍即合
- 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
- 2 to hit it off
- 3 to click together
- 4 to chime in easily
一蹴即至
- 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
- 2 success at a stroke
- 3 to get results overnight
冷若冰霜
- 1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
- 2 frigid
判若云泥
- 1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
- 2 worlds apart
危若朝露
- 1 precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day