Though we are divided between two countries, with a true friend within the seas, ten thousand li still feels like next door.
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From Zhang Jiuling's 《送韦城李少府》 (Tang dynasty): 相知无远近，万里尚为邻 - 'True friends know no distance; ten thousand li, still neighbors.' The couplet echoes Wang Bo's better-known 海内存知己，天涯若比邻, and both became standard farewell verses.
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Always paired with its opening half 相知无远近 (true friends know no distance). Quoted when parting from a close friend or in letters across great distance.
