一条绳上的蚂蚱

1. • lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
2. • fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
3. • people who will sink or swim together

Character by character

• 一(yī)one
• 条(tiáo)strip
• 绳(shéng)rope
• 上(shàng)up
• 的(de)marks possession and modification
• 蚂(mà)
• 蚱(zha)grasshopper