Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    literally like locusts tied to one rope

    yī
    一
    tiáo
    条
    shéng
    绳
    shàng
    上
    de
    的
    mà
    蚂
    zha
    蚱
    一条绳上的蚂蚱
    yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally like locusts tied to one rope
    • fig. in the same boat
    • in it together for better or worse
    • to sink or swim together

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    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[gēn]
    上
    shǎng
    see 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]
    shàng
    on top / upon / above / upper / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university)
    的
    de
    ~'s / of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
    dī
    see 的士[dī shì]
    dí
    really and truly
    dì
    aim / clear
    蚂
    mā
    dragonfly
    mǎ
    ant
    mà
    grasshopper
    蚱
    zhà
    grasshopper
    Data is based on CC-CEDICT. See the full data in action here MDBG Chinese-English dictionary.

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