患 难 之 交

huàn nàn zhī jiāodictionary entry

a friend in times of tribulations (idiom) / a friend in need is a friend indeed

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Original source entry:

患難之交 患难之交 [huan4 nan4 zhi1 jiao1] /a friend in times of tribulations (idiom); a friend in need is a friend indeed/

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Other forms in these source records: 患難之交

患
huàn
to suffer (from illness) / to contract (a disease) / misfortune / trouble / danger / worry
难
nán
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good
nàn
disaster / distress / to scold
之
zhī
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it
交
jiāo
to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect

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