No published English translation for this sentence.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
青梅竹马
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
02
fig. innocent children's games
03
childhood sweethearts
04
a couple who grew up as childhood friends
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 青梅竹马 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 青梅竹马.
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Directly before
- 的青梅竹马1
Directly after
- 青梅竹马好像1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 青梅竹马
What does 青梅竹马 mean in Chinese?
青梅竹马 (qīngméizhúmǎ) means lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom).
How do you pronounce 青梅竹马?
青梅竹马 is pronounced qīngméizhúmǎ.
Is 青梅竹马 an HSK word?
青梅竹马 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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