fellow villager

friendly neighbor; (of a military unit etc) neighboring and allied

one's nearest neighbors

neighbor on farmland

(literary) next-door neighbor; near; next to; Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2]

bordering; adjacent to

neighbor; adjacent

to get on well with one's neighbors; amicable relationship with one's neighbor

to be right next to; close neighbor

close neighbor

distinguished neighbor (honorific)

Lu Zhaolin (637-689), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]

see 天涯若比鄰|天涯若比邻[tian1 ya2 ruo4 bi3 lin2]

neighbors; the whole neighborhood

far-flung realms as next door (idiom); close in spirit although far away

A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.

close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door; close in spirit although far away