lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); fig. innocent children's games; childhood sweethearts; a couple who grew up as childhood friends
trad. 青梅竹馬
Also written 青梅竹馬【qīng méi zhú mǎ】
Characters in this word
4青
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short name for Qinghai 青海[Qing1 hai3]
- Pinyin
- Qīng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 12152 of 2500
梅
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surname Mei
- Pinyin
- Méi
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4205 of 2500
竹
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(bound form) bamboo, Kangxi radical 118
- Pinyin
- zhú
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 30927 of 2500
马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500