如影随形

如影隨形

rúyǐngsuíxíng

idiom #23,505

Meanings

Bǎobiāo rú yǐng suí xíng de gēn zài tā shēnbiān.

The bodyguard followed him like a shadow wherever he went.

Tā de tóngnián yīnyǐng rú yǐng suí xíng, huī zhī bù qù.

The shadow of his childhood followed him like his own shadow and could not be shaken off.

memory

如影随形 literally means: like (如) a shadow (影) following (随) the body (形). Just as your shadow is always with you, so too is whatever this describes.

如 rú

影 yǐng

随 suí

形 xíng