The Chinese metaphor
患难见真情 huànnàn jiàn zhēnqíng
Meaning
Literally means “Adversity allows one to see the true feelings of the others”
similar to the English idiom “a friend in need is a friend indeed”
Examples
Japan donating money and sending a rescue team to help victims of the Sichuan earthquake
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