如影随形

如影隨形

rúyǐng-suíxíng

idiom #23,505

Meanings

HSK 5

保镖如影随形地跟在他身边。

Bǎobiāo rúyǐng-suíxíng de gēn zài tā shēnbiān.

The bodyguard followed him like a shadow wherever he went.

HSK 7-9

他的童年阴影如影随形，挥之不去。

Tā de tóngnián yīnyǐng rúyǐng-suíxíng, 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