君子之交 jūnzi zhī jiāo
jūnzi zhī jiāo
set phrase
friendship between gentlemen; insipid as water
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: Idiom from Zhuangzi (CC-CEDICT '君子之交')
Contained in
- 君子之交淡如水 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十八 列傳第二十八 柳元景 Volume 38 Biographies 28: Liu Yanjing History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
- 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 《山木》 The Tree on the Mountain Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 1
- 卷第四 文章 名實 涉務 Scroll 4: Articles, Names Reality, and Managing Affairs The Family Instructions of Master Yan 顏氏家訓 — count: 1
Collocations
- 君子之交淡 (君子之交淡) 且君子之交淡若水 — Zhuangzi 莊子, 《山木》 The Tree on the Mountain — count: 2