a bosom friend

a bosom friend

Intimate friend, pronounced x ī NF ù zh ī Ji ā o, is a Chinese idiom, which refers to a confidant or a reliable friend. It comes from the 39th chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty.

Explanation: a confidant who can confide in his heart, or a reliable friend.

Example: the 39th chapter of Shi Naian's outlaws of the marsh in Ming Dynasty: "tongduan is a close friend. Why don't you come and sit together?"

The eighth chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms written by Luo Guanzhong in the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty: "my intimate relationship with Huang Zu is unjust."

Usage: as an object; as a bosom friend