形影一如

Reading

Kana: けいえいいちにょ

Romaji: keieiichinyo

Definition

noun

1

being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

形

Readings: ケイ、 ギョウ、 かた、 -がた、 かたち、 なり

Meanings: shape, form, style

影

Readings: エイ、 かげ

Meanings: shadow, silhouette, phantom

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

如

Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ごと.し

Meanings: likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal