兄
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Definitions
- 1. elder brother
Words Containing 兄
brothers
(honorific written address) My dear friend
brother(s) and sister(s)
elder brother and his wife
brothers and sisters
fraternity
internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
elder brother
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī]
sibling
all men are brothers
father's brother's sons
(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)
twin brothers
(polite) my elder brother
senior male fellow student or apprentice
fellow apprentices; fellow students (male)
fig. fellow students who are successful in the imperial examinations
brothers
brothers
sworn brothers
father and elder brother(s)
senior partner in sworn brotherhood
sworn brother
senior fellow student
elder brother (often used self-referentially)
Warner Brothers
male cousins via female line
even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
eldest brother
elder brother
twin brothers
lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom)
brothers in hardship (idiom)
Lehman Brothers, investment bank