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患难之交

huàn nàn zhī jiāo

4-character word Traditional 患難之交

What 患难之交 means

1. a friend in times of tribulations (idiom); a friend in need is a friend indeed

The characters in 患难之交

• 患huànto suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune
• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends…