相依为命

Traditional form:

相依為命

Pinyin (reading):

xiāngyīwéimìng

Definitions:

• mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival
• interdependent

Characters:

• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 依 - to rely on; to consent, to obey; according to
• 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 命 - life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction

Traditional characters:

• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 依 - to rely on; to consent, to obey; according to
• 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 命 - life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction