childhood friends; the best friend of one’s childhood ? 思量總角交好，不想中路分離，臨終也不能一別，同三兄悲痛過深，幾乎發(fā)了狂疾. (《儒林外史》110)Our grief at losing the best friend of our childhood without even being able to say goodbye to him made us nearly distracted.
總角之交zong jiao zhi jiao
childhood friend
總角之交zǒnɡ jiǎo zhī jiāo
總角：古代兒童把頭發(fā)扎成髻，借指幼年。指幼年時代就相識的好朋友。childhood friend, the best friend of one’s childhood, boyhood chum