患难之交 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• a friend in times of tribulations ; a friend in need is a friend indeed

Character by character

• 患huànsuffering; misfortune; trouble; to suffer
• 难nànhard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
• 交jiāoto connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect;

Idioms sharing a character

• 内忧外患 nèi yōu wài huàn
• 后患无穷 hòu huàn wú qióng
• 心腹之患 xīn fù zhī huàn
• 有备无患 yǒu bèi wú huàn
• 防患未然 fáng huàn wèi rán
• 防患未萌 fáng huàn wèi méng
• 养痈遗患 yǎng yōng yí huàn
• 养虎为患 yǎng hǔ wéi huàn
• 养虎遗患 yǎng hǔ yí huàn
• 一木难支 yī mù nán zhī

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