一唱一和

yíchàng-yíhè

idiom #49,362

Meanings

HSK 5

两人一唱一和，把对方说服了。

Liǎng rén yíchàngyíhè, bǎ duìfāng shuōfú le.

The two of them echoed each other and won him over.

HSK 6

他们俩在会上一唱一和，明显串通好了。

Tāmen liǎ zài huìshàng yíchàngyíhè, míngxiǎn chuàntōng hǎole.

The two of them backed each other up at the meeting, clearly rehearsed.

mistakes

和 here is read hè (to harmonize with), not hé (peace) or huó (mix). Same character, different readings.

usage

Can be neutral (collaborators in sync) or negative (two people colluding). Context decides the tone.

一 yī

唱 chàng

和 hé