私交 (sī jiāo) — personal friendship; private ties
Definition
私交 refers to personal, private ties between individuals, separate from their official or professional relationship (公务, 工作关系). The example sentence deliberately contrasts 私交 with 公事 to mark this boundary.
noun
personal friendshipprivate ties
Examples
- ，私交。Zài zhè ge gōng sī, zuì hǎo bú yào bǎ gōng shì hé sī jiāo hùn zài yì qǐ.In this company, it's best not to mix business and personal friendship.
- ，私交。Tā men suī rán gōng zuò shàng yǒu máo dùn, dàn sī jiāo yì zhí hěn hǎo.Although they have conflicts at work, their personal friendship has always been good.
- ，私交。Wǒ gēn tā zhǐ shì tóng shì, méi yǒu sī jiāo guān xì.He and I are just colleagues; we don't have a personal friendship.
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