| 一条绳上的蚂蚱 |
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha |
lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 条 |
tiáo |
strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) |
| 绳 |
shéng |
rope / CL:根 |
| 上 |
shǎng |
used in 上声 |
| 上 |
shàng |
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above |
| 的 |
de |
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs |
| 的 |
dī |
(bound form) a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士) |
| 的 |
dí |
really and truly |
| 的 |
dì |
(bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 蚂 |
mā |
used in 蚂螂 |
| 蚂 |
mǎ |
used in 蚂蟥 / used in 蚂蚁 |
| 蚂 |
mà |
used in 蚂蚱 |
| 蚂蚱 |
mà zha |
(dialect) locust / grasshopper |
| 蚱 |
zhà |
used in 蚂蚱 and 蚱蜢 / used in 蚱蝉 |