如影随形

如影隨形

rúyǐng-suíxíng

idiom #23,505

Meanings

保镖如影随形地跟在他身边。

Bǎobiāo rúyǐngsuíxíng de gēn zài tā shēnbiān.

The bodyguard followed him like a shadow wherever he went.

他的童年阴影如影随形，挥之不去。

Tā de tóngnián yīnyǐng rúyǐngsuíxíng, 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