守望相助
sau2 mong6 soeng1 zo6shǒu wàng xiāng zhù
English
- to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors
- mutual help and protection
- (usually of neighbours) to help one another
粵語 — Cantonese
- 鄰里互相幫助
Examples
隔籬鄰舍應該守望相助嘅。
Neighbours should help one another out, shouldn't they.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk