They have deep feelings and are inseparably attached.
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绸缪 is mostly seen inside the chengyu 未雨绸缪 ('tie up the thatch before the rain' - to prepare for trouble before it comes). On its own it is highly literary.
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From 《诗经·豳风·鸱鸮》: 迨天之未阴雨，彻彼桑土，绸缪牖户 - 'before the sky darkens with rain, gather mulberry roots and bind up the windows and doors.'
