Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

thần vong xỉ hàn

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Lips gone, teeth cold — lose the neighbor and the frost reaches you; allied fates, adjacent walls.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

số phận liên quan, tường liền kề

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Literally: lips lost, teeth cold

Examples

Hai nước liền kề, thần vong xỉ hàn.Adjacent countries — when the lips go, the teeth freeze.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “thần vong xỉ hàn” mean?

Lips gone, teeth cold — lose the neighbor and the frost reaches you; allied fates, adjacent walls. Literally: lips lost, teeth cold

Is “thần vong xỉ hàn” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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