濡沫涸辙 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to help each other out in hard times

Character by character

• 濡rúto moisten, to immerse; wet, damp
• 沫mòbubbles, foam, froth, suds
• 涸hétired, exhausted; dried up
• 辙zhétrack, rut; stuck in a rut

Idioms sharing a character

• 相濡以沫 xiāng rú yǐ mò
• 涸辙之鲋 hé zhé zhī fù
• 一改故辙 yī gǎi gù zhé
• 南辕北辙 nán yuán běi zhé
• 凭轼结辙 píng shì jié zhé
• 改弦易辙 gǎi xián yì zhé
• 重蹈覆辙 chóng dǎo fù zhé

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