唇亡齿寒 (唇亡齒寒)
chún wáng chǐ hán
Pinyin

Definition

唇亡齿寒 (唇亡齒寒)
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chún wáng chǐ hán
  1. lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

寒
hán
  1. 1 cold
  2. 2 poor
  3. 3 to tremble
寒假
hán jià
  1. 1 winter vacation
寒冷
hán lěng
  1. 1 cold (climate)
  2. 2 frigid
  3. 3 very cold
死亡
sǐ wáng
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 death
韩寒
Hán Hán
  1. 1 Han Han (1982-), PRC blogger, singer and professional rally driver

Idioms (20)

一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 short attention span
一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 lack of sticking power
  4. 4 short attention span
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng
  1. 1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
亡羊补牢
wáng yáng bǔ láo
  1. 1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to act belatedly
  3. 3 better late than never
  4. 4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted