相依为命

(相依為命)xiāng yī wéi mìng

to depend on each other for survival

Example Sentences

父母早逝后,年幼的姐弟俩在这个偏僻的小村庄里相依为命,艰难度日。

fù mǔ zǎo shì hòu, nián yòu de jiě dì liǎ zài zhè ge piān pì de xiǎo cūn zhuāng lǐ xiāng yī wéi mìng, jiān nán dù rì.

After their parents died young, the young siblings depended on each other and struggled to survive in this remote village.

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