同呼吸

tónghūxī
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to breathe as one
  2. 2 to share a close, heart-to-heart bond
  3. 3 to be of one mind with someone

Examples

Dǎng hé rénmín tóng hūxī, gòng mìngyùn.
The Party and the people breathe as one and share a common fate.
Zhè duì lǎo fūqī jǐ shí nián tóng hūxī, yī ge yǎnshén jiù dǒng duìfāng.
After decades of breathing as one, the old couple can read each other with a single glance.

Tips

usage
Very often appears in the set 同呼吸命运 ('breathe as one, share one fate'). Official and political speech uses it for leader/people solidarity; in private it describes deep partners or longtime friends.

Stroke Order

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