若即若離 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 若即若离 ruòjíruòlí ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧˊ lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom) fig. to keep one's distance lukewarm of a relationship vague Character by character 若(ruò)seem 即(jí)namely 若(ruò)seem 離(lí)surname Li A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0