形けい影えい一いち如にょ

noun

inseparable as form and shadow; deeds reflecting the mind; husband and wife never apart

A yojijukugo expressing inseparable connection. The three glosses reflect different applications: a person and their deeds, a married couple, or more abstractly, form and shadow. Rare and literary.

• 「形けい影えい一いち如にょ」は、夫ふう婦ふの固かたい絆きずなを表あらわす四よ字じ熟じゅく語ごとして使つかわれることがある。

  形影一如 is sometimes used as a yojijukugo expressing the strong bond between husband and wife.

• 彼かれの行こう動どうはまさに形けい影えい一いち如にょで、心こころの内うちがそのまま表あらわれている。

  His actions are truly 形影一如, revealing his inner thoughts exactly as they are.