mutual help in time of poverty

mutual help in time of poverty

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi ā NGX ǔ y ǐ sh ī, meaning to wet each other with breath. The latter metaphor tries to help each other with little strength in times of difficulty. From the great master of Zhuangzi.

As an idiom, the great master of Chuang Tzu said, "when the spring dries up, the fish are on the land, wet each other and help each other." Cheng Xuanying Shu: "Qi phase dampness."