The lips are joined together

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