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患难之交

huàn nàn zhī jiāo

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Definitions

  1. 1. a friend in times of tribulations (idiom); a friend in need is a friend indeed

Child Words of 患难之交

难
nán

difficult (to...)

难
nàn

disaster

患
huàn

to suffer (from illness)

之
zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

交
jiāo

to hand over

患难
huàn nàn

trials and tribulations