Gōngsī suīrán hé nà jiā gōngyìngshāng zhōngzhǐ le hétong, shuāngfāng què réngrán ǒuduàn-sīlián.
Although the company ended its contract with that supplier, the two sides still keep some ties.
Tips
memory
Snap a lotus root and fine sticky threads still stretch between the pieces. The image goes back to a Tang poem by 孟郊 in which a rejected wife says her heart is like the threads in a lotus root: broken, yet still joined.
usage
Mostly about former lovers who cannot make a clean break, but it works for any tie that was cut and is not quite gone.
