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青梅竹马

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4-character word Traditional 青梅竹馬

What 青梅竹马 means

1. lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
2. fig. innocent children's games
3. childhood sweethearts
4. a couple who grew up as childhood friends

The characters in 青梅竹马

• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 梅méiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 竹zhú(bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess