唇亡齿寒
chún​wáng​chǐ​hán

to be intimately interdependent

  • created sense approved 唇亡齿寒/唇亡齒寒 · chún​wáng​chǐ​hán · to be intimately interdependent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    唇亡齿寒 / 唇亡齒寒

    chún​wáng​chǐ​hán

    to be intimately interdependent

    literally meaning "if the lips are gone, the teeth will feel cold"; used to describe two parties who share a common lot and depend on each other for survival

    脣亡齒寒

    唇 (literal) → 唇 · chún · lip 亡 (literal) → 亡 · wáng · to be destroyed 齿 (literal) → 齿/齒 · chǐ · tooth 寒 (literal) → 寒 · hán · cold

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense