息息相关

xī xī xiāng guān

closely bound up with; vitally linked

Character by character

息xī
breath

相xiāng
each other

关guān
connected

物价、房价和看病，都和老百姓的生活息息相关。

Prices, housing costs and medical care are all bound up with ordinary people’s lives.

Tone: neutral.

息 is a breath: things that breathe together. Usually A与B息息相关 or 与…息息相关的问题. Stronger than 密切相关.

Learn this in Lesson 113 · HSK 7–9: 育儿补贴来了 (Livelihood news: the new childcare subsidy)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. The first lessons of every level are free.