The same origin and different current
Synonyms of the same origin and different schools generally refer to the same origin and different streams, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is t ó ngyu á NY ì Li ú, meaning the beginning, the beginning of the same trend, the end is different. From Ji Cui Fu by he Jingming of Ming Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
One of the poems of Ji Cui Fu written by he Jingming in the Ming Dynasty: "you will live in Hanoi and serve in the west of guanxi; you will stop from the same source and flow, and you will take care of things with your heart."
Idiom usage
It can be used as predicate, attribute and object
Chinese PinYin : tóng yuán yì pai
Different origins
White knife in, red knife out. bái dāo zǐ jìn,hóng dāo zǐ chū
The apes cry and the cranes complain. yuán tí hè yuàn
struggle in a desperate or hopeless situation for survival. sǐ zhōng qiú huó