相依為命 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 相依为命 On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2. xiāngyīwéimìng ㄒㄧㄤ ㄧ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ mutually dependent for life (idiom) to rely upon one another for survival interdependent Character by character 相(xiāng)each other 依(yī)depend on 為(wéi)as (in the capacity of) 命(mìng)life A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0 国际中文教育中文水平等级标准, 中华人民共和国教育部, MIT