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唇亡齿寒

齿 chún wáng chǐ hán lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent
chún lip
chún variant of
  wáng to die / to lose / to be gone / to flee / deceased
  wáng old variant of
  齿 chǐ tooth / CL:
    hán cold / poor / to tremble
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