不即不離

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to be neither too familiar nor too distant · to keep sb at arm's length

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. to be neither too familiar nor too distant
  2. to keep sb at arm's length

Written Forms

不即不離Traditional · Main Form
不即不离Alternate Form

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