相互

xiānghù · HSK 3

each other

🔄 相 = mutual/each-other + 互 = reciprocal; doubled-up word for 'mutually'

相 alone already means 'each other' (as in 相同 same-as-each-other); 互 means 'reciprocal/alternating' (as in 互联网 inter-net). Stacking them gives an emphatic 'mutually, one another'.

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