患难之交 huàn nàn zhī jiāo

DEFINITIONS

  1. a friend in times of tribulations (idiom); a friend in need is a friend indeed

CHARACTERS

患 huàn
HSK 6
suffer, worry about; suffering
难 nàn
HSK 3
difficult, arduous, hard; unable
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
交 jiāo
HSK 4
mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver