息息相关 (xī xī xiāng guān)

Character breakdown

• 息 (xī) · 10 strokes

  Depicts a breath of air going into the nose (自). The lines representing breath were later reanalyzed as 心 (heart).

• 息 (xī) · 10 strokes

  Depicts a breath of air going into the nose (自). The lines representing breath were later reanalyzed as 心 (heart).

• 相 (Xiāng) · 9 strokes

  Depicts an eye (目) looking at a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "look at". The meaning of this character has shifted over time to "compare" and "each other".

• 关 (Guān) · 6 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound. The simplified character 关 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 關. The traditional component 門…

Usage

经济发展与人民生活息息相关。

closely bound up (idiom); intimately related

jīng jì fā zhǎn yǔ rén mín shēng huó xī xī xiāng guān 。