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Introducing the Chinese idiom 「唇亡齒寒」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
Without lips, teeth feel cold. A metaphor for the close connection between interests.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chún wáng chǐ hán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
seun4 mong4 chi2 hon4
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