万里尚为邻

萬里尚為鄰
wànlǐshàngwéilín
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 ten thousand li apart yet still neighbors
  2. 2 true friends remain close even across vast distances

Examples

Suīrán wǒmen fēngé liǎng guó, dàn hǎi nèi cún zhījǐ, wànlǐ shàng wéi lín.
Though we are divided between two countries, with a true friend within the seas, ten thousand li still feels like next door.
Kējì ràng wànlǐ shàng wéi lín bùzài zhǐshì shīrén de mèngxiǎng.
Technology has made 'ten thousand li but still neighbors' no longer just a poet's dream.

Tips

history
From Zhang Jiuling's 《》 (Tang dynasty): 万里 — 'True friends know no distance; ten thousand li, still neighbors.' The couplet echoes Wang Bo's better-known 内存知己天涯, and both became standard farewell verses.
usage
Always paired with its opening half (true friends know no distance). Quoted when parting from a close friend or in letters across great distance.

Stroke Order

wàn
shàng
wèi
lín