患难之交 — Chinese idiom
患难之交
huàn nàn zhī jiāo
Traditional: 患難之交
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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