一条绳上的蚂蚱 yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. people who will sink or swim together

CHARACTERS

一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
条 tiáo
HSK 2
clause, condition; string, stripe
绳 shéng
HSK 5
rope, string, cord; control
上 shàng
HSK 1
top; superior, highest; go up, send up
的 de
HSK 1
possessive, adjectival suffix
蚂 mà
HSK 6
ant; leech
蚱 zha grasshopper; (edible) locust; cicada