息息相关 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• closely bound up ; intimately related

Character by character

• 息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath,
• 息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath,
• 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 关guānfrontier pass; to close, to shut; relation

Idioms sharing a character

• 仰人鼻息 yǎng rén bí xī
• 偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ
• 姑息养奸 gū xī yǎng jiān
• 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī
• 息事宁人 xī shì níng rén
• 气息奄奄 qì xī yǎn yǎn
• 无声无息 wú shēng wú xī
• 瞬息之间 shùn xī zhī jiān
• 瞬息万变 shùn xī wàn biàn
• 经久不息 jīng jiǔ bù xī

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