Auxiliary teeth
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is f ǔ ch ē ch ú NCH ǐ, which means cheekbones and alveolar bones, lips and teeth; it refers to the two sides of interdependence. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the fifth year of Duke Fu.
Notes on Idioms
Auxiliary: cheek bone beside mouth. Car: the gums, or the bone of the gums.
The origin of Idioms
In Zuo Zhuan, the fifth year of the Duke of Fu, it is said that "if the saying goes that" the auxiliary vehicles depend on each other, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, "it is called Yu Guo." The so-called "auxiliary vehicles depend on each other, lips die and teeth are cold" is also called Yu Guo. "
Idiom usage
It refers to the two sides that are interdependent. examples my book research on oracle bone characters is a complement to this. The third chapter of Guo Moruo's research on ancient Chinese Society
Auxiliary teeth
put out a fire and shake the boiling - jiù huǒ yáng fèi
Three fold humerus is a good doctor - sān zhé gōng,wéi liáng yī
combine indigenous and foreign methods - tǔ yáng jié hé