强强联合
qiáng qiáng lián hé
an alliance of two strong players
Character by character
强qiáng
strong
strong
强qiáng
strong
strong
联lián
join
join
合hé
unite
unite
Example
两家航空公司强强联合，开通了更多国际航线。
The two airlines, both leaders in their field, joined forces and opened more international routes.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
A favourite of business and sports news for mergers and partnerships between leaders. Writers often set it against 优势互补, where the partners are strong in different things rather than equally strong.
Learn this in Lesson 185 · HSK 7–9: 吉利收购沃尔沃 (Geely buys Volvo)
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