唇亡齿寒 — Chinese idiom
唇亡齿寒
chún wáng chǐ hán
Traditional: 唇亡齒寒
Meaning
- lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold ; fig. intimately interdependent
Character by character
- 唇chúnlips
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
- 齿chǐteeth; gears, cogs; age
- 寒hánchilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble
Idioms sharing a character
- 反唇相讥 fǎn chún xiāng jī
- 唇枪舌剑 chún qiāng shé jiàn
- 唇齿相依 chún chǐ xiāng yī
- 搬唇递舌 bān chún dì shé
- 白费唇舌 bái fèi chún shé
- 皓齿朱唇 hào chǐ zhū chún
- 饶舌调唇 ráo shé tiáo chún
- 驴唇马嘴 lǘ chún mǎ zuǐ
- 亡命之徒 wáng mìng zhī tú
- 亡国灭种 wáng guó miè zhǒng
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