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younger brother elder brother
simp. and trad.
(弟兄)
anagram 兄弟

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弟兄

  1. younger brother and elder brother; brothers
  2. (as a familiar term of address) brother; buddy; mate; comrade
    • after 1795, 李洙 (Lǐ Zhū) [Lee Soo] et al., chapter 111, in 重刊老乞大諺解重刊老乞大谚解 (Chóngkān Lǎoqǐdà Yànjiě)Ogura Coll. Asami Coll., volume 2, page 134:
      後來看見 相逢日子 豈不弟兄
      벼ᄉᆑᄒᆕ레부칸견 탕ᄋᆛ재샹풍디ᅀᅵ즈 치부두시ᄒᅶ디흉
      bie siuie hyu lei bu kan gien; taq 'iu jai siaq puq di zi jy; ci bu du si hao di hiuq ma
      뼈ᇹᄉᆑᇹᅘᅳᇢ래부ᇹ컨견 탕이ᇢ재샹ᄬᅮᆼ디ᇹᅀᅵᇹ즈ᇫ 켸부ᇹ두씨ᇫ하ᇢ뎨ᄒᆔᆼ
      bbiex siuiex hhyw lai bux ken gien; taq 'iw jai siaq vvuq dix zix jyz; kiei bux du ssiz haw diei hiuiq mue
      Do not say that we will not see [each other] again; if comes the day that we meet again, would not we be good brothers?
  3. (religion) brother (Classifier: m c;  m c)

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