同甘共苦
tóng gān gòng kǔ
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
To share both good times and hardships with someone. Used for spouses, friends or teammates who stick together whatever happens.
Cùng nhau hưởng lúc sung sướng và cùng nhau chịu lúc gian khổ. Dùng để nói về vợ chồng, bạn bè hay đồng đội luôn gắn bó với nhau trong mọi hoàn cảnh.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): etymology of “đồng cam cộng khổ” = 同甘共苦 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “đồng cam cộng khổ” (dong-cam-cong-kho). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “同甘共苦” mean?
To share both good times and hardships with someone. Used for spouses, friends or teammates who stick together whatever happens. Literally: share the sweet, share the bitter
Is “同甘共苦” formal or informal?
同甘共苦 is generally neutral.