elder brother
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elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy
brother(s) and sister(s)
brothers / comrade
older male patrilineal cousin
elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age
male cousin through a female relative
father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin
(honorific written address) My dear friend
senior male fellow disciple or student (by seniority, not age) / son of one's teacher who is older than oneself
elder brother and his wife
brothers and sisters / siblings
fraternity
internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
internecine strife (idiom) / fighting among oneself
brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
(humorous) pig (alluding to Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒[])
Your esteemed older brother (honorific)
wife's older brother
sibling
all men are brothers
(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)
twin brothers
(polite) my elder brother
male fellow disciples / fellow apprentices
lit. older brother / fig. fellow students who are successful in the imperial examinations
brothers / comrades / men / brethren
older male second cousin
sworn brothers
father and elder brother(s) / head of the family / patriarch
senior partner in sworn brotherhood
sworn brother
senior fellow student
older stepbrother
step-siblings
elder brother born to the same parents
older male cousin through a female relative
husband of wife's older sister
even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27