as states of lips and teeth

as states of lips and teeth

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ú NCH ǐ zh ī B ā ng, which means that lips and teeth store and depend on each other. It means that both sides are closely related and share interests. It comes from the biography of Bao Xun.

Idiom explanation

Idiom: the land of lips and teeth. It refers to the close relationship between the two sides and the common interests.

source

According to the biography of Bao Xun in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, it is said that "those who failed to overcome Wang Shi's repeated efforts are closely related to Wu and Shu, and they are difficult to pull out because they obstruct the mountains and rivers."

Examples

Sun Quan and I have to help each other. The sixty second chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty

usage

It refers to the close relationship between countries