脚碰脚

腳碰腳
jiǎopèngjiǎo
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 neck and neck
  2. 2 evenly matched
  3. 3 (also) on very close terms

Examples

Liǎng duì shílì jiǎopèngjiǎo, zuìhòu kào diǎnqiú juéshèng.
The two teams were evenly matched and had to settle it on penalties.
Tā liǎ cóng xiǎo jiǎopèngjiǎo, wú huà bù tán.
The two have been inseparable since childhood — nothing they won't talk about.

Tips

memory
Picture two people walking so close their feet keep bumping — it captures both "side by side, equals" and "inseparably close."

Stroke Order

jiǎo
pèng