xíng yǐng xiāng suídictionary entry
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(lit.) body and shadow follow each other (idiom) / (fig.) inseparable
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形影相隨 形影相随 [xing2 ying3 xiang1 sui2] /(lit.) body and shadow follow each other (idiom)/(fig.) inseparable/

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