君子之交 in English jun1 zi3 zhi1 jiao1 Meaning

Meanings

• friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiomatic expression, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])

Pinyin

jun1 zi3 zhi1 jiao1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

君jun1monarch 子zi5son 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 交jiao1to hand over