守望相助

Traditional form:

守望相助

Pinyin (reading):

shǒuwàngxiāngzhù

Definitions:

• to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors
• mutual help and protection

Characters:

• 守 - to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait
• 望 - to expect, to hope, to look forward to
• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 助 - to help, to aid, to assist

Traditional characters:

• 守 - to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait
• 望 - to expect, to hope, to look forward to
• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 助 - to help, to aid, to assist