患难之交 in English huan4 nan4 zhi1 jiao1 Meaning

Meanings

  • a friend in times of tribulations (idiomatic expression); a friend in need is a friend indeed

Simplified Characters

患 难 之 交

Traditional Characters

患 難 之 交

Pinyin

huan4 nan4 zhi1 jiao1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

患huan4to suffer (from illness) 难nan2difficult (to...) 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 交jiao1to hand over