竹马之交 in English zhu2 ma3 zhi1 jiao1 Meaning

Meanings

  • childhood friend (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

竹 马 之 交

Traditional Characters

竹 馬 之 交

Pinyin

zhu2 ma3 zhi1 jiao1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

竹zhu2bamboo 马ma3surname Ma 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 交jiao1to hand over