{"path":"/entry/31451","title":"守望相助 (shǒu wàng xiāng zhù) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"守望相助 (shǒu wàng xiāng zhù): to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius) · to join forces to defend against external aggressors. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":31451,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["守望相助"],"TRADITIONAL":["守望相助"]}},"phonetic":"shǒu wàng xiāng zhù","phoneticKey":"shou3 wang4 xiang1 zhu4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to keep watch and defend one another ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom, from Mencius)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to join forces to defend against external aggressors","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"mutual help and protection","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB","ADJECTIVE"],"frequency":45538,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Mencius","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"死徙无出乡，乡田同井，出入相友，守望相助，疾病相扶持，则百姓亲睦。","traditional":"死徙無出鄉，鄉田同井，出入相友，守望相助，疾病相扶持，則百姓親睦。"},"phonetic":"Sǐ xǐ wú chū xiāng, xiāng tián tóng jǐng, chūrù xiàngyǒu, shǒuwàng xiàngzhù, jíbìng xiàng fúchí, zé bǎixìng qīnmù.","english":". On occasions of death, or removal from one dwelling to another, there will be no quitting the district. In the fields of a district, those who belong to the same nine squares render all friendly offices to one another in their going out and coming in, aid one another in keeping watch and ward, and sustain one another in sickness. Thus the people are brought to live in affection and harmony.","ref":"Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}