In the same boat
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ó ngzh ō uy ù f ē ng, which means to compare adversity. From Zhong Ziyi's laments.
The origin of Idioms
Su Shi of Song Dynasty quoted in Zhong Ziyi's laments: "when we are in the same boat, Hu Yue can be the right hand and the left hand, but if we are the people!"
Idiom usage
It is often used in figurative sentences
In the same boat
Friendship between Phoenix and Luan - fèng yǒu luán jiāo
expect to see someone who never comes - wàng yǎn jiāng chuān