Chinese Idioms about Friendship & Trust

A true kindred spirit is hard to find.

Friends made in hard times — friends who stood by you in adversity.

A single promise is worth a thousand pieces of gold — a word given is a word kept.

Push your heart into another's belly — speak with complete openness, trust held back nothing.

Friends who never cross each other — bosom friends in perfect accord.

Same ambitions, same path — like-minded companions.

Liver and gall shining at each other — bound by total trust and honesty.

Share the sweet and the bitter — go through everything together.

Feel like old friends at first meeting — instant rapport.

Two children with no guardedness between them — innocent childhood companions.

Hearts imprinted on each other — in perfect mutual understanding.

Feelings match, minds agree — a perfect rapport.

Joys and sorrows, partings and reunions; the vicissitudes of life.

To agree without prior consultation; to coincide.

To do the same thing without prior consultation; to coincide.

Incompatible; out of tune with; not fitting in.

A single hand cannot clap; it's difficult to achieve anything alone.

Everyone is happy; a happy ending for all.

Courtesy demands reciprocity; to return politeness for politeness.

Within one's power; as far as one's capabilities extend.

Reluctant to leave; unwilling to part.

To beam with joy; to be all smiles.

Rare and commendable; estimable; praiseworthy.

To meet by chance; casual acquaintance.

to work together with one heart; to be of one mind

Unable to restrain one's emotions; to be overcome with emotion; to be unable to control oneself.

Childhood sweethearts; a couple who grew up together.

deep affection and profound friendship

Never met before; completely unacquainted.

As eternal and unchanging as the universe; everlasting; forever.

To cross a river in the same boat; to be in the same boat; to stick together in difficulties; to share weal and woe.

Birds of a feather flock together; like attracts like.

closely linked; intimately related

Be perfectly happy to; be completely willing.

An understanding reached without words; a tacit agreement.

Inseparable as form and shadow; always together.

Unwilling to part; full of reluctance.

to be together from morning till night; to spend a lot of time together

unity is strength; many hearts build a city wall