杵臼交

chǔjiùjiāo
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 pestle-and-mortar friendship
  2. 2 a friendship that ignores differences in status or wealth
  3. 3 true friendship across class lines

Examples

Èr rén bù fēn guìjiàn, jié wéi chǔjiùjiāo.
The two paid no heed to rank and became friends across the class divide.
Tā yǔ chēfū jiéchéng chǔjiùjiāo, chuán wéi jiāhuà.
His friendship with a lowly cart driver became a well-told story.

Tips

history
From 《》: the scholar Gongsha Mu disguised himself as a hired laborer pounding grain with a pestle () and mortar (). The scholar Wu You discovered his identity but befriended him anyway. 杵臼交 thereafter named friendships that cross social lines.

Stroke Order

chǔ
jiù
jiāo