The lips are joined together
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ú NF ǔ Xi ā ngli á n, which means that lips and teeth depend on each other, metaphor is close, mutual dependence. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the fifth year of Duke Fu.
The origin of Idioms
Language out of the "Zuozhuan · Hugong five years": "auxiliary cars depend on each other, lips die, teeth cold."
Idiom usage
But Wu Sangui, who is in charge of a powerful vassal state, is bound to advocate great chaos in the future, and Guangxi is closely related to each other, but he is afraid that the feudalism will lead to disaster. ——On the frost curtain in Guilin by Jiang Shiquan in Qing Dynasty
Analysis of Idioms
Lips and teeth meet
Chinese PinYin : chún fǔ xiāng lián
The lips are joined together
Words have no branches or leaves. cí wú zhī yè
rub smooth one 's whole body from the crown to the heel. mó dǐng zhì zhǒng
be courteous to the wise and condescending to scholars. lǐ xián xià shì
cannot be in two places at once. fēn shēn wú shù
Come in high spirits and come back in low spirits. chéng xìng ér lái,bài xìng ér guī