Tāmen shì zhìtóngdàohé de lǚ bàn, yīqǐ zǒubiàn le shìjiè.
They were like-minded travel companions who journeyed around the world together.
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侣 is a classical character rarely used alone in modern Chinese. It mainly appears in compounds: 伴侣 (bànlǚ, partner/spouse), 情侣 (qínglǚ, romantic couple).
Person radical on the left marks 侣 as a human role — a companion or partner. The two-stroke variant of 人 anchors most relationship words: 你, 他, 伴, 仁. A companion is fundamentally another person beside you.
Right side supplies the sound: lǚ → lǚ (exact match). 吕 pictures two mouths stacked, an ancient symbol for a pair of matching musical tones — and that 'paired, matching' image lingers as a memory hook for the companion-pair meaning of 侣.
