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血肉相連

简血肉相连 · 繁血肉相連

Mandarin · pinyin xuè ròu xiāng lián

one's own flesh and blood (idiom); closely related

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血: xuè · blood; Kangxi radical 143
肉: ròu · flesh; meat; Kangxi radical 130
相: xiāng · mutual, reciprocal, each other
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连: lián · join, connect; continuous; even

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4–4–1–2 · xue4 rou4 xiang1 lian2

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hyut3 juk6 soeng1 lin4

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(idiomatic) to be very intimately connected; to be connected by flesh and blood

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