一荣俱荣 一损俱损
“We rise and fall together.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你外祖与我两家世代交好
“Your maternal family and mine have been close for generations.”
一荣俱荣 一损俱损
“We rise and fall together.”
何必闹得如此难堪呢 谁和你们一荣俱荣
“Why cause such embarrassment? Who's rising and falling with you?”
“Do not burn bridges; if you bring us down, you will be ruined too.”
Traditional Chinese elite families were heavily bound by marital and generational alliances where political fortunes were shared and indivisible.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to thrive together; all prosper when one prospers
A classical four-character idiom paired with '一损俱损' to describe bound destinies.
to fall together; all suffer when one suffers
Used in warnings to emphasize that an attack on an ally will backfire on oneself.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We prosper together and suffer together.”
“we're all in the same boat.”
“They sink or swim together.”
“You share both honor and ruin.”