nàn
xiōng
nàn

idiom
common

Meaning of 难兄难弟

难兄难弟 means fellow sufferers; people who have shared hardships or are in the same difficult predicament. Pronounced nàn xiōng nàn dì.

  • fellow sufferers; people who have shared hardships or are in the same difficult predicament

Definitions & Examples

Zhàn
zhēng
nián
dài
 
men
shì
káng
guò
qiāng
de
nàn
xiōng
nàn
 

During the war years, they were fellow soldiers who had gone through thick and thin together.

Gōng
cái
yuán
hòu
 
men
shī
de
tóng
shì
chéng
le
nàn
xiōng
nàn
 

After the company layoffs, we unemployed colleagues became fellow sufferers.

Zài
kāng
zhōng
xīn
 
bìng
yǒu
men
xiāng
 
dōu
shì
nàn
xiōng
nàn
 

At the rehabilitation center, the patients encourage each other; they are all comrades in adversity.

Zhè
duì
nàn
xiōng
nàn
chuàng
shī
bài
 
yòu
chóng
xīn
kāi
shǐ
 

This pair of fellow sufferers failed in their startup together and started over together.