比邻

比鄰
bǐlín
noun #49,361

Meanings

  1. 1 next-door neighbour
  2. 2 to be next to; neighbouring

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè jiā xiǎo fànguǎn yǔ xuéxiào bǐlín, měitiān zhōngwǔ dōu jǐmǎn le xuésheng.
This little restaurant is right next to the school, and every day at noon it is packed with students.
HSK 6
Wǒmen liǎng jiā bǐlín ér jū, yǐjīng èrshí duō nián le.
Our two families have lived next door to each other for more than twenty years.

Tips

culture
王勃's farewell poem gave Chinese one of its best-loved lines on friendship: 海内存知己,天涯若比邻, 'with a true friend somewhere in the world, the ends of the earth are next door'.

Stroke Order

比 bǐ
邻 lín