一条绳上的蚂蚱
Traditional form:
一條繩上的螞蚱
Pinyin (reading):
yītiáoshéngshàngdemàzha
Definitions:
- lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
- fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
- people who will sink or swim together
Characters:
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 条 - clause, condition; string, stripe
- 绳 - string, rope, cord; to control
- 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 蚂 - ant; leech
- 蚱 - grasshopper; locust, cicada
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