世交
sai3 gaau1shì jiāo
English
- (long time) friend of the family
- two families have friendship for 2 or more generations.
粵語 — Cantonese
- 指兩家之間有兩代或以上嘅交情
Examples
呢兩家人係世交嚟,由太公果代開始兩家已經夾檔做生意
These two families have friendships spanning several generations, they join venture to do business since the time of their grand grandfathers.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk