








戴笠故交 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Friends made in humble circumstances”. Old friends from one's poor days. Literally, “Old acquaintance wearing a bamboo hat”.

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Open the tool →戴笠故交 (dài lì gù jiāo) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Friends made in humble circumstances”.
戴笠故交 is pronounced dài lì gù jiāo in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 戴笠故交 means “Old acquaintance wearing a bamboo hat”. It is used to mean “Friends made in humble circumstances”.
指贫贱之交。