一條繩上的螞蚱
简 一条绳上的蚂蚱 · 繁 一條繩上的螞蚱Meanings
- 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 in this entry
- 一
- yī · one; a, an; alone
- 條
- tiáo · clause, condition; string, stripe
- 繩
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- 上
- shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
- 的
- de · possessive, adjectival suffix
- 螞
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- 蚱
- zhà · grasshopper; (edible) locust; cicada
- 条
- tiáo · clause, condition; string, stripe
- 绳
- shéng · rope, string, cord; control
- 蚂
- mǎ · ant; leech
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Mandarin tones
1–2–2–4–5–4–5 · yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jat1 tiu4 sing2 soeng6 dik1 maa6 zaa3
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phrase
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 一根繩上的螞蚱 /一根绳上的蚂蚱 (yī gēn shéng shàng de màzha, “people that sink or swim together; people who are in it together for better or worse”)
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