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海内存知己，天涯若比邻

hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐ , tiān yá ruò bǐ lín

11-character word Traditional 海內存知己，天涯若比鄰

What 海内存知己，天涯若比邻 means

1. close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door
2. close in spirit although far away

The characters in 海内存知己，天涯若比邻

• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 内nèiinside; inner; internal
• 存cúnto exist; to deposit; to store
• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 己jǐself; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 涯yáborder; horizon; shore
• 若ruòto seem; like; as
• 比bǐto compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more adj. than noun; ratio
• 邻línneighbor; adjacent; close to