lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent
trad. 唇亡齒寒
Also written 唇亡齒寒【chún wáng chǐ hán】
Characters in this word
4唇
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lip
- Pinyin
- chún
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 16765 of 2500
亡
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to die, to lose, to be gone, to flee, deceased
- Pinyin
- wáng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 34687 of 2500
齿
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(bound form) tooth, (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention
- Pinyin
- chǐ
- Traditional
- 齒
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 34501 of 2500
寒
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cold, poor, to tremble
- Pinyin
- hán
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 37456 of 2500