亲戚远离香親戚遠離香親戚遠離香

relatives are fragrant at a distance

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Relatives you rarely see are all the warmer for it; even close ones are best kept at some distance to keep the relationship fresh. Compare 'absence makes the heart grow fonder'.

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Simplified: 亲戚远离香
Traditional (Taiwan): 親戚遠離香
Pinyin: qīnqi yuǎnlí xiāng
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧㄣ ˙ㄑㄧㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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