輔車相依fǔ chē xiāng yīthe carriage and its wheel-aids depend on one another; as dependent on each other as the jowls and the jowlbone
? 諺所謂～，唇亡齒寒者，其虞虢之謂也。(《左傳·僖五羊》) The common sayings，“The carriage and its wheel-aids depend on one another，” “When the lips perish,the teeth become cold”，illustrate the relation between Guo and Yu.
? 夫虞之有虢也，如車之有輔，輔依車，車亦依輔，虞、虢之勢正是也。(《韓非子》) Guo is to Yu as the jowls to the jowlbone.The jowls depend on the jowlbone and the jowlbone depends on the jowls,and Yu and Guo stand in the same relationship. 輔車相依fǔ chē xiānɡ yī輔：這里指頰骨；車：這里指牙床。比喻互相依存。rely on one another as check and jowl, as close as the jowls and jaws |