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一条绳上的蚂蚱

yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zhadictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

一條繩上的螞蚱 一条绳上的蚂蚱 [yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5] /lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)/fig. people who are in it together for better or worse/people who will sink or swim together/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 一條繩上的螞蚱

  • 一
    yī

    one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

  • 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

    used in 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]

    shàng

    (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above

  • 的
    de

    of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pí gé de] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pǎo táng r de] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xīn de] "new one") / also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs

    dī

    (bound form) a taxi / a cab (abbr. for 的士[dī shì])

    dí

    really and truly

    dì

    (bound form) bull's-eye / target

  • 蚂
    mā

    used in 螞螂|蚂螂[mā láng]

    mǎ

    used in 螞蟥|蚂蟥[mǎ huáng] / used in 螞蟻|蚂蚁[mǎ yǐ]

    mà

    used in 螞蚱|蚂蚱[mà zha]

  • 蚱
    zhà

    grasshopper

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.