弟兄

弟兄

1. younger brother and elder brother; brothers
2. (as a familiar term of address) brother; buddy; mate; comrade
   • after 1795, 李洙 (Lǐ Zhū) [Lee Soo] et al., chapter 111, in 重刊老乞大諺解／重刊老乞大谚解 (Chóngkān Lǎoqǐdà Yànjiě) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]‎^{Ogura Coll. Asami Coll.}, volume 2, page 134:

     別說後來不看見 儻有再相逢的日子 豈不都是好弟兄麽

     벼ᄉᆑᄒᆕ레부칸견 탕ᄋᆛ재샹풍디ᅀᅵ즈 치부두시ᄒᅶ디흉마
     bie siuie hyu lei bu kan gien; taq 'iu jai siaq puq di zi jy; ci bu du si hao di hiuq ma
     뼈ᇹᄉᆑᇹᅘᅳᇢ래부ᇹ컨견 탕이ᇢ재샹ᄬᅮᆼ디ᇹᅀᅵᇹ즈ᇫ 켸부ᇹ두씨ᇫ하ᇢ뎨ᄒᆔᆼ뭐
     bbiex siuiex hhyw lai bux ken gien; taq 'iw jai siaq vvuq dix zix jyz; kiei bux du ssiz haw diei hiuiq mue

     Do not say that we will not see [each other] again; if comes the day that we meet again, would not we be good brothers?

   • 2003, 瓊瑤, 還珠格格第三部, episode 25, 官志宏 (actor):

     五阿哥，所有犧牲的弟兄都已經挖好了墳墓。 [MSC, trad.]
     五阿哥，所有牺牲的弟兄都已经挖好了坟墓。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǔ Àge, suǒyǒu xīshēng de dìxiong dōu yǐjīng wā hǎo le fénmù. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (religion) brother (Classifier: 位 m c; 個／个 m c)