tóng gān gòng kǔ

同甘共苦 (tóng gān gòng kǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows; for better or for worse”.

Meanings

  1. 1shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows
  2. 2for better or for worse

Characters in 同甘共苦

同tóng · like甘gān · (bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦[ku3]: bitter, unpleasant)共gòng · common苦kǔ · bitter

Related words

同意to agree同like同used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]不同different痛苦pain同性恋homosexuality同时at the same time; simultaneously同样same; equal; similar同志comrade共common同事colleague; co-worker

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