- three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Si1 ma3 Yi4] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof
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- three horses at the same trough
This idiom is used to describe a situation where conspirators or people with shared goals or ambitions are working together, often in secrecy or with a hidden agenda.
They are working together secretly, plotting a conspiracy.
zài在zhè ge这个xiàng mù项目Zhōng中,sān mǎ tóng cáo三马同槽de的hé zuò合作ràng让tā men他们de的jì huà计划biàn de变得gèng jiā更加yǒu xiào有效。
In this project, the collaboration of the three conspirators made their plan much more effective.
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sān mǎ tóng cáo三马同槽three horses at the same trough; conspirators under the same roofsān mǎ tóng cáo三马同槽zhī之Jì计a scheme of three horses at the same troughsān mǎ tóng cáo三马同槽de的guān xi关系the relationship of three horses at the same troughtóng同cáo槽gòng共yǐn饮to drink at the same troughyī tóng一同cè huà策划to plan togethertóng xīn xié lì同心协力to work togetherlǐ yìng wài hé里应外合to cooperate internally and externallyàn zhōng暗中chuàn tōng串通to collude in secrettóng zhōu gòng jì同舟共济to cross the river in the same boatbèi pàn背叛xìn rèn信任to betray trust in a conspiratorial contexthé móu合谋gòng fàn共犯to conspire together as accomplices