青梅竹马 meaning in English
a friendship formed in childhood -- said of boys and girls; green plums and a bomboo horse -- childhood games of riding on a bamboo stick for a horse; life of subteen youngsters; playmates in childhood; the period when small boys and girls play [grow up] together; when they were children, they played together.; they have been like brother and sister since they were small and played naughty tricks together
Examples
- They were childhood sweethearts .
他们原是青梅竹马的恋人。 - We were brought up together; there was not quite a year difference in our ages .
我们俩是青梅竹马一块长大的，年纪相差还不到一岁。 - You are more commonplace cousins to each other as man and woman, than you were as boy and girl .
你们成年后的关系只是普通的表亲关系，而不是孩子们那种青梅竹马、两小无猜的关系。 - She is betrothed to her childhood sweetheart
她已跟那青梅竹马的男朋友订了婚。