From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「同休共戚」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
This feature highlights the idiom 「同休共戚」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
① Refers to sharing joys and sorrows. Describes a close relationship and common interests. ② Refers to sharing suffering. Also written as “Tongxiudengqin”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tóng xiū gòng qī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tung4 yau1 gung6 chik1
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