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唇亡齒寒

简唇亡齿寒 · 繁唇亡齒寒

Mandarin · pinyin chún wáng chǐ hán

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

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唇: chún · lips
亡: wáng · death, destroyed; lose, perish
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寒: hán · cold, wintry, chilly
齿: chǐ · teeth; gears, cogs; age; simplified form of the Kangxi radical 211

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2–2–3–2 · chun2 wang2 chi3 han2

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