092Japanese idiom 四字熟語
持ちつ持たれつ
もちつもたれつMochitsu motaretsu
“Carrying each other.”
Word for wordNow carrying, now carried.
The meaning
No one is always strong or always weak. Social life is an exchange of carrying: today I support, tomorrow I lean.
At the origin
A common expression about everyday interdependence.
The characters
In practice
Accept being helped as simply as you help.