互通有无 hù tōng yǒu wú

exchange what each lacks; help each other

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 58739th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls
  2. 2. mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
  3. 3. to reciprocate with material assistance
  4. 4. scratch each other's back

Characters

Character Meaning
互 hù HSK 4
mutual
通 tōng HSK 4
to connect; to communicate; to go through
有 yǒu HSK 1
to have; there is; there are
无 wú HSK 4
not; no; not to have