一條繩上的螞蚱 yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha

fig. people who are in it together for better or worse

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
one; 1; single
measure word for long thin things; strip; clause
rope
to go up; on top; above
(used after an attribute)
ant; grasshopper; dragonfly
grasshopper