息息相关 xīxī-xiāngguān closely bound up (idiom)
closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
How to remember 息息相关: 息 breath + 相 mutual + 关 to close = closely bound up (idiom).
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- Idiom: closely interconnected, one thing's fate bound to another's - 环境与我们的健康息息相关 (huánjìng yǔ wǒmen de jiànkāng xīxī-xiāngguān) the environment is intimately tied to our health.
- Literally "every breath mutually connected"; stresses a vital, ongoing linkage, not just any relation.
- Stronger than plain 有关 (yǒuguān, related to); implies the two rise and fall together.