形影相随 — Chinese idiom
形影相随
xíng yǐng xiāng suí
Traditional: 形影相隨
Meaning
- (lit.) body and shadow follow each other
- (fig.) inseparable
Character by character
- 形xíngform, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
- 影yǐngshadow; image, reflection; photograph
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 随suíto follow, to listen to, to submit to
Idioms sharing a character
- 原形毕露 yuán xíng bì lù
- 喜形于色 xǐ xíng yú sè
- 土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái
- 奇形怪状 qí xíng guài zhuàng
- 如影随形 rú yǐng suí xíng
- 形同虚设 xíng tóng xū shè
- 形单影只 xíng dān yǐng zhī
- 形影相吊 xíng yǐng xiāng diào
- 形迹可疑 xíng jì kě yí
- 彪形大汉 biāo xíng dà hàn
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