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弟
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Definitions
- 1. younger brother
- 2. junior male
- 3. I (modest word in letter)
Example Sentences
1 shown你 弟 弟 會開車嗎?
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Words Containing 弟
Warner Brothers
internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
husband of wife's younger sister
brothers and sisters
sworn brother
worthy little brother
wife of younger male cousin via female line
(honorific written address to younger man) My dear young friend
all men are brothers
internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
younger brother's wife
wife of younger male cousin via male line
wife's younger brother
emperor's young brother
father's brother's sons
hedonistic son of rich parents
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī]
(of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress
child
young disciple (of the same master)
twin brothers
lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom)
younger male cousin via female line
junior partner in sworn brotherhood
(polite) my younger brother
caddie (golf)
brothers in hardship (idiom)
fraternity
my younger brother (humble term)
last disciple of a master
little brother
dandy
younger brother's wife
younger brother
disciple; follower
(coll.) (neologism c. 2017, a play on 伏地魔[fú dì mó]) woman who devotes herself to supporting her little brother (assisting him with his studies, giving money to help him buy a house etc)
brothers
sworn brothers
male cousins via female line
younger brother
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy
honorable little brother
wife of younger male cousin via male line
younger fellow student
Lehman Brothers, investment bank
younger sibling
child of a Manchu bannerman family (nobility)
wife of younger male cousin via female line
Chinese opera performers
brothers
younger brother
little brother
junior or younger male schoolmate
fellow apprentices; fellow students (male)
brothers
younger male patrilineal cousin
twin brothers