水乳交融

shuǐrǔjiāoróng
idiom #43,402

Meanings

  1. 1 lit. water and milk blending together
  2. 2 in perfect harmony; inseparably fused

Examples

Tāmen fūqī gǎnqíng shuǐrǔjiāoróng.
The couple's bond is as close as water and milk mixed together.
Zhè bù diànyǐng bǎ yīnyuè hé huàmiàn shuǐrǔjiāoróng de jiéhé zài yīqǐ.
The film fuses music and image seamlessly into one.

Tips

history
The phrase appears in 《》 (Song Chan Buddhist text): in a state of ultimate confusion "milk and water cannot be told apart" — later inverted to become a positive metaphor for perfect union.
memory
Once stirred, milk and water cannot be separated — the image is about fusion so complete that the parts are no longer distinguishable.

Stroke Order

shuǐ
jiāo
róng