Definition
比邻 is a literary word from classical Chinese meaning 'neighbor' or 'next to each other.' It appears most famously in the idiom 天涯若比邻 ('far as the horizon yet like a neighbor'), which describes emotional closeness despite physical distance. As a noun, it refers to a neighbor or to the state of being adjacent. In modern usage it is somewhat formal and poetic.
n.
neighbornearby placevicinity
Examples
- ，比邻。Hǎi nèi cún zhījǐ, tiān yá ruò bǐ lín.Within the four seas there are bosom friends; even at the ends of the earth we are as close as neighbors.
- 比邻，。Tāmen liǎng jiā bǐ lín ér jū, guānxì hěn hǎo.The two families live next to each other and get along very well.
- 比邻，。Zhè liǎng gè chéngshì shì bǐ lín, wǎnglái shífēn fāngbiàn.These two cities are neighbors, so travel between them is very convenient.
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