a friend in times of tribulations (idiom); a friend in need is a friend indeed
trad. 患難之交
Also written 患難之交【huàn nàn zhī jiāo】
Characters in this word
4患
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to suffer (from illness), to contract (a disease), misfortune, trouble, danger, worry
- Pinyin
- huàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 9694 of 2500
难
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difficult (to...), problem, difficulty, difficult, not good
- Pinyin
- nán
- Traditional
- 難
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1327 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
交
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to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over, to make friends, (of lines) to intersect, variant of 跤[jiao1]
- Pinyin
- jiāo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 3030 of 2500