distant but close at heart; faraway yet dear
A literary yojijukugo expressing that physical distance does not weaken a close emotional bond; it feels as if the loved one is nearby. Used in poetic or formal contexts.
With the feeling that distance cannot separate us, I think of my faraway friend.
From the line 海内存知己、天涯若比隣 in 王勃’s 送杜少府之任蜀州: with a true friend within the world, even one at the horizon seems a close neighbor.