Hǎinèi cún zhījǐ, tiānyá ruò bǐlín.

海內存知己, 天涯若比鄰。

Lit In this world, [as long as one] has a true friend, the remotest corner of the earth [is as close] as [one's] next door neighbor.

Fig Great distances cannot separate close friends.

Note [Said when parting or in letters; originally from a Tang dynasty poem “Sòng Dù Shào Fù Zhī Rèn Shǔ Chuān” by Wang Bo; used by Mao Zedong to describe the close relationship between China and Albania in the 1960s.]

Topics Albania DISTANCE FRIENDS LETTERS PARTING RELATIONSHIPS Sòng_Dù_Shào_Fù