吴越同舟 — Chinese idiom
吴越同舟
Wú Yuè tóng zhōu
Traditional: 吳越同舟
Meaning
- Wu and Yue in the same boat ; fig. cooperation between natural rivals
- to collaborate towards a common end
- in the same boat together
Character by character
- 吴Wúone of several warring states; surname
- 越Yuèto exceed, to surpass, to transcend
- 同tóngsame, similar; together with, alike
- 舟zhōuboat, ship
Idioms sharing a character
- 吴下阿蒙 Wú xià ā Méng
- 吴市吹箫 wú shì chuī xiāo
- 吴头楚尾 Wú tóu Chǔ wěi
- 杀人越货 shā rén yuè huò
- 翻山越岭 fān shān yuè lǐng
- 越俎代庖 yuè zǔ dài páo
- 蹿房越脊 cuān fáng yuè jǐ
- 一视同仁 yī shì tóng rén
- 不同凡响 bù tóng fán xiǎng
- 不敢苟同 bù gǎn gǒu tóng
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