襟兄
jīn xiōng
Pinyin
Definition
襟兄
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- husband of wife's older sister
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 brothers
- 2 younger brother
- 3 classifier: 个 gè
- 4 I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
- 5 brotherly
- 6 fraternal
- 1 (honorific written address) My dear friend
- 1 elder brother
- 1 brother(s) and sister(s)
- 1 senior male fellow student or apprentice
- 2 son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
Idioms (9)
兄弟阋于墙,外御其侮
- 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
兄弟阋墙
- 1 internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
扼襟控咽
- 1 to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
捉襟见肘
- 1 lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
- 2 strapped for cash
- 3 unable to make ends meet
正襟危坐
- 1 to sit upright and still (idiom)