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唇亡齿寒

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4-character word Traditional 唇亡齒寒

What 唇亡齿寒 means

1. lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent

The characters in 唇亡齿寒

• 唇chúnlip
• 亡wángto die; to lose; to be gone
• 齿chǐ(bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention
• 寒háncold; poor; to tremble