blood is thicker than water; outsiders should not come between relatives;relatives are inseparable ❍ 古人说： ～。(姚雪垠 《李自成》Ⅱ—732) There is an old saying:Outsiders should not come between relatives. ❍ 珪曰： “此乃 ‘～’ 之计也。玄德危矣。” (《三国演义》 145) “They are working on the ‘Relativens-are-inseparable’device,then，”said he. “Xuande is in danger. ”