A close friend
Intimate friends, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y í NP é NGM ì y ǒ u, which means close friends. It comes from Jin Shui, a commentary on the water classic.
Idiom explanation
Close friends.
Idiom usage
As subject, object, attribute; used in writing
A close friend
The ship arrived late to mend the leak - chuán dào jiāng xīn bǔ lòu chí
The dragon and the tiger lie down - lóng quán hǔ wò
drain the pond to get all the fish - hé zé ér yú