难兄难弟

brothers in hardship (idiom)

• tāmenshìnànxiōngnàndì.

  他们是难兄难弟。🔊

  They are brothers who have gone through hardships together.

fellow sufferers

• tāmenshìnànxiōngnàndì.

  他们是难兄难弟。🔊

  They are in the same boat, sharing the same hardship.

in the same boat

• tāmenshìnànxiōngnàndì.

  他们是难兄难弟。🔊

  They are partners in misfortune.

lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom)

• tāmenshìnánxiōngnándì.

  他们是难兄难弟。🔊

  They are inseparable companions who share the same hardships.

fig. one is just as bad as the other

• tāmenshìnánxiōngnándì.

  他们是难兄难弟。🔊

  They are a pair of brothers in adversity.