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唇亡齒寒 (seon4 mong4 ci2 hon4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

唇亡齒寒 (seon4 mong4 ci2 hon4, chún wáng chǐ hán) — lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 唇紅齒白 (seon4 hung4 ci2 baak6) — good looking
• 唇 (seon4) — lip
• 唇印 (seon4 jan3) — lips-mark; hickey
• 唇形科 (seon4 jing4 fo1) — Labiatae, the taxonomic family including lavender, mint
• 唇彩 (seon4 coi2) — lip gloss; lip color gloss
• 唇槍舌劍 (seon4 coeng1 sit3 gim3) — (idiom) to cross verbal swords; to have a heated verbal exchange

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