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Jyutping jat1 tiu4 sing2 soeng6 dik1 maa6 zaa3
Pinyin yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. people who will sink or swim together