息息相关

息息相關

xīxī-xiāngguān

idiom HSK 7-9 #21,885

Meanings

Connected breath by breath - intimately linked.

HSK 5

健康和饮食息息相关。

Jiànkāng hé yǐnshí xīxī-xiāngguān.

Health and diet are intimately connected.

HSK 6

经济发展与人民生活息息相关。

Jīngjì fāzhǎn yǔ rénmín shēnghuó xīxī-xiāngguān.

Economic development is closely linked to people's lives.

HSK 6

环境问题与我们每个人息息相关。

Huánjìng wèntí yǔ wǒmen měigè rén xīxī-xiāngguān.

Environmental issues are closely related to each of us.

memory

息 means breath. 息息 = every breath. If two things are connected with every breath, they are intimately linked.

grammar

Pattern: A 与/和 B 息息相关. It is used as a predicate, not an attributive modifier.

息 xī

相 xiāng

关 guān