同 tóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
同舟共济
tóngzhōugòngjì
to pull together in difficult times
Characters in this word
舟 zhōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 舟 — boat, ship
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
济 jì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 齐 even, uniform, of equal length
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 公司遇到困难时，大家同舟共济，共渡难关。 Gōngsī yùdào kùnnán shí, dàjiā tóngzhōu gòngjì, gòng dù nánguān. When the company hit hard times, everyone pulled together and got through the crisis.
- 村里发洪水时，乡亲们同舟共济，互相帮助。 Cūn lǐ fā hóngshuǐ shí, xiāngqīnmen tóngzhōu gòngjì, hùxiāng bāngzhù. When a flood hit the village, the villagers pulled together and helped one another.
- 这次任务很艰巨，大家只有同舟共济才能完成。 Zhè cì rènwù hěn jiānjù, dàjiā zhǐyǒu tóngzhōu gòngjì cáinéng wánchéng. This task is very demanding; only by pulling together can everyone complete it.