互通有无

hù tōng yǒu wú

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1. (idiom) mutual exchange of assistance; to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls; to reciprocate with material assistance; to scratch each other's back

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Child Words of 互通有无

• 有 有 yǒu: to have; there is
• 无 无 wú: not to have
• 通 通 tòng: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
• 互 互 hù: mutual
• 互通 互通 hù tōng: to intercommunicate
• 有无 有无 yǒu wú: to have or have not