唇亡齿寒
Traditional form:
唇亡齒寒
Pinyin (reading):
chúnwángchǐhán
Definitions:
- lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent
Characters:
- 唇 - lips
- 亡 - death, destruction; to lose; to perish
- 齿 - teeth; gears, cogs; age
- 寒 - chilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble
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