以沫相濡
yǐ​mò​xiāng​rú

to help each other in hard times

  • created reference approved 以沫相濡 → 相濡以沫 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以沫相濡 yǐ​mò​xiāng​rú

    相濡以沫 xiāng​rú​yǐ​mò

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 以沫相濡 · yǐ​mò​xiāng​rú · to help each other in hard times — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以沫相濡

    yǐ​mò​xiāng​rú

    to help each other in hard times

    To help each other with what little one has when both are in difficult or humble circumstances; same as [[相濡以沫|相濡以沫|xiang1 ru2 yi3 mo4]]

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 沫 (literal) → 沫 · mò · saliva 相 (literal) → 相 · xiāng · mutually 濡 (literal) → 濡 · rú · to moisten

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense