互相依存

hùxiāngyīcún
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 interdependent
  2. 2 to depend on one another
  3. 3 mutually reliant

Examples

Shēngtài xìtǒng zhōng de wùzhǒng hùxiāngyīcún.
Species in an ecosystem are interdependent.
Xiàndài gèguó jīngjì hùxiāngyīcún, shéi yě lí bù kāi shéi.
Modern national economies are interdependent — no one can exist without the others.

Tips

usage
Common in formal writing about ecology, economics, and international relations. Can be replaced with the slightly stronger 相互依赖 (xiānghù yīlài) when emphasizing reliance over coexistence.

Stroke Order

xiāng
cún