Definition & Meaning

maintain a discreet distance; keep somebody at arm's length; be negatively friendly; be neither intimate nor distant

Word usage

bù jí bù lí

不 即 不 离

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slmaintain a discreet distance; keep somebody at arm's length; be negatively friendly; be neither intimate nor distant
- wǒ men yào bǎo chí bù jí bù lí
  我们要保持不即不离。
  We should keep each other at arm's length.
- wǒ zǒng yǔ guò qù de péng you bù jí bù lí
  我总与过去的朋友不即不离。
  I always preserve tenuous links with my former friends.
- tā duì suǒ yǒu de rén dōu bù jí bù lí
  他对所有的人都不即不离。
  He gets along with everyone.
synonym
ruò jí ruò lí若即若离

Word usage

Note
1."不即不离" is used to describe attitudes towards people; 2."即" cannot be pronounced as "jì" and cannot be written as "既".

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