companion in adversity
A friend in need is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Hu à NN à nzh à Ji à o, which means a friend who has experienced hardships together. From Zui Xing Shi.
Notes on Idioms
Friendship: friendship, friend.
The origin of Idioms
The tenth chapter of Zui Xing Shi written by Dong Lu Gu in Ming Dynasty: "Pu Zui Fu is a friend in need. Brother Nian looks at him for us today, and we will look at him for him in the future."
Idiom usage
To be a good friend through difficulties. Guo Moruo's impression of Nanjing 16: however, thanks to these beatings, you have turned iron into steel and ordinary friends into friends in need.
companion in adversity
the wilds were full of dead bodies of the starved - è piǎo biàn yě
lie with one 's head pillowed on a spear , awaiting the enemy - zhěn gē dài dí