如影随形
rú yǐng suí xíng
Pinyin

Definition

如影随形
 - 
rú yǐng suí xíng
  1. as the shadow follows the body (idiom)
  2. closely associated with each other
  3. to follow relentlessly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

如
rú
  1. 1 as
  2. 2 as if
  3. 3 such as
如今
rú jīn
  1. 1 nowadays
  2. 2 now
如何
rú hé
  1. 1 how
  2. 2 what way
  3. 3 what
如果
rú guǒ
  1. 1 if
  2. 2 in case
  3. 3 in the event that
如此
rú cǐ
  1. 1 in this way
  2. 2 so
影响
yǐng xiǎng
  1. 1 influence
  2. 2 effect
  3. 3 to influence
  4. 4 to affect (usually adversely)
  5. 5 to disturb
  6. 6 CL:股[gǔ]
电影
diàn yǐng
  1. 1 movie
  2. 2 film
  3. 3 CL:部[bù],片[piàn],幕[mù],場|场[chǎng]
一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
不如
bù rú
  1. 1 not equal to
  2. 2 not as good as
  3. 3 inferior to
  4. 4 it would be better to
例如
lì rú
  1. 1 for example
  2. 2 for instance
  3. 3 such as
假如
jiǎ rú
  1. 1 if
光影
guāng yǐng
  1. 1 light and shadow
  2. 2 sunlight and shade
合影
hé yǐng
  1. 1 to take a joint photo
  2. 2 group photo
圆形
yuán xíng
  1. 1 round
  2. 2 circular
图形
tú xíng
  1. 1 picture
  2. 2 figure
  3. 3 diagram
  4. 4 graph
  5. 5 depiction
  6. 6 graphical
外形
wài xíng
  1. 1 figure
  2. 2 shape
  3. 3 external form
  4. 4 contour
如下
rú xià
  1. 1 as follows
如来
rú lái
  1. 1 tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
如初
rú chū
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 as ever
如同
rú tóng
  1. 1 like
  2. 2 as

Idioms (20)

一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
  1. 1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
  2. 2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
人生如梦
rén shēng rú mèng
  1. 1 life is but a dream (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
伴君如伴虎
bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ
  1. 1 being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
但愿如此
dàn yuàn rú cǐ
  1. 1 if only it were so
  2. 2 I hope so (idiom)
来无影，去无踪
lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng
  1. 1 lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
依然如故
yī rán rú gù
  1. 1 back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement
  2. 2 Things haven't changed at all.
倘能如此
tǎng néng rú cǐ
  1. 1 if it is possible (idiom)
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
  1. 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
危如朝露
wēi rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
危如累卵
wēi rú lěi luǎn
  1. 1 precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment
  2. 2 in a dangerous state
原形毕露
yuán xíng bì lù
  1. 1 original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate

Sample Sentences