如影随形 rúyǐngsuíxíng inseparable Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 如影随形 如影隨形 rúyǐngsuíxíng inseparable Literally "as the shadow follows the body"; refers to people or things being closely associated and staying together at all times inevitable consequence Refers to a close causal relationship, especially how consequences inevitably follow actions, like a shadow follows a form Frequency Movie subtitles 0.800 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.26 per million Cross-References Synonym 形影不离 xíngyǐngbùlí寸步不离 cùnbùbùlí形影相随 xíngyǐngxiāngsuí跬步不离 kuǐbùbùlíReferenced by 影附 yǐngfù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
如影随形 如影隨形 rúyǐngsuíxíng inseparable Literally "as the shadow follows the body"; refers to people or things being closely associated and staying together at all times inevitable consequence Refers to a close causal relationship, especially how consequences inevitably follow actions, like a shadow follows a form Frequency Movie subtitles 0.800 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.26 per million Cross-References Synonym 形影不离 xíngyǐngbùlí寸步不离 cùnbùbùlí形影相随 xíngyǐngxiāngsuí跬步不离 kuǐbùbùlíReferenced by 影附 yǐngfù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)