耳鬢廝磨

Chinese

		ear	temples; hair on the temples	servant	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
trad. (耳鬢廝磨)		耳	鬢	廝	磨
simp. (耳鬓厮磨)		耳	鬓	厮	磨
variant forms		耳鬢斯磨／耳鬓斯磨
Literally: “(one's) ear rubbing (the other's) hair at the temple”.

Etymology

From Dream of the Red Chamber.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ěrbìnsīmó

(Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄅㄧㄣˋ ㄙㄇㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ ban³ si¹ mo⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ěrbìnsīmó
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄅㄧㄣˋ ㄙㄇㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelbinnsymo
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pin⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ ban³ si¹ mo⁴
  - Yale: yíh ban sī mòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ ban³ si¹ mo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ ben³ xi¹ mo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ pɐn³³ siː⁵⁵ mɔː²¹/

Idiom

耳鬢廝磨

(of a boy and a girl) to have a close childhood relationship; (of a couple) very intimate; deeply in love

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