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- brothers
- younger brother
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
- brotherly
- fraternal
- elder brother (often used self-referentially)
- (form of address between male friends) old chap
- buddy
Trad. 師兄
- senior male fellow student or apprentice
- son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
- lit. older brother
- fig. fellow students who are successful in the imperial examinations
- (coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)
Trad. 兄弟鬩牆
- internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
Trad. 難兄難弟
- lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom)
- fig. one is just as bad as the other
Trad. 難兄難弟
- brothers in hardship (idiom)
- fellow sufferers
- in the same boat
Trad. 四海之內皆兄弟
- all men are brothers
Trad. 親兄弟，明算帳
- even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
Trad. 卡拉馬佐夫兄弟
- Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1]
Trad. 兄弟鬩於墻，外禦其侮
- internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)