Gulls and rivers depend on each other
As a Chinese idiom, the phonetic alphabet is ō ushu ǐ Xi ā ngy ī which means that metaphor is inseparable from the living environment. From the story of the Golden Lotus Shu times.
The origin of Idioms
Chen Ruyuan of the Ming Dynasty wrote in "the story of the Golden Lotus Shu times" that "my old career depended on both the gulls and the water, but his old style was prosperous, and he was abandoned."
Idiom usage
It refers to interdependence.
Chinese PinYin : ōu shuǐ xiāng yī
Gulls and rivers depend on each other
a minister without support at court and a prince born of a concubine fallen from grace. gū chén niè zǐ
an inch of silk and half a grain of rice -- a little bit. cùn sī bàn sù
follow up the stream and seek the source. yán bō tǎo yuán
The last leg of a journey marks the halfway point.. xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí
A grain of rice is a bundle of wages. lì mǐ shù xīn
one sang and the other three joined in. yī chàng sān tàn