同どう病びょう相あい憐あわれむ

expression, godan verb (-mu)

fellow sufferers pity each other

Proverb meaning that people with the same hardship or illness sympathize with one another. Often used to express mutual understanding among those in similar difficult situations.

See also: 相憐れむ

• 同どう病びょう相あい憐あわれむで、同おなじ病びょう気きを持もつ者もの同どう士し、すぐに打うち解とけた。

  As fellow sufferers pity each other, people with the same illness quickly became comfortable with one another.