younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)
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brothers / comrade
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal
younger male cousin through a female relative
little brother / I, your little brother (humble)
apprentice / disciple
disciple / follower
younger sibling / younger brother's wife
younger male patrilineal cousin
child / the younger generation
male cousin through a female relative
father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin
(idiom) hedonistic son of rich parents
brothers / comrades / men / brethren
younger brother's wife / sister-in-law
younger brother's wife / sister-in-law
(honorific written address to younger man) My dear young friend
honorable little brother
brothers and sisters / siblings
fraternity
internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
internecine strife (idiom) / fighting among oneself
wife's younger brother
all men are brothers
wife of younger male cousin via male line / younger cousins via male line
wife of younger male cousin via male line
love between an older woman and a younger man
junior or younger male schoolmate
twin brothers
(polite) my younger brother
little brother / little boy / (coll.) penis
male fellow disciples / fellow apprentices
young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate
younger brother
(derog.) young man who works in a factory
emperor's young brother
(coll.) (neologism c. 2017, a play on 伏地魔[]) woman who devotes herself to supporting her little brother (assisting him with his studies, giving money to help him buy a house etc)
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27