互通有無 hù tōng yǒu wú

to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

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
無 wú
not; no; not to have