粵

世sai3交gaau1

sai3 gaau1shì jiāo

English

  1. (long time) friend of the family
  2. two families have friendship for 2 or more generations.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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