If the lips are gone, the teeth will grow cold.
More Chinese Proverbs:
It is easier to get a chicken back in the egg than to undo a slander.Chinese
The man who says it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
Chinese
Add oil to a fire.
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Even a big elephant can be caught in one female hair.
Chinese
It is too late for a galloping horse to stop at a clip; it is useless for a sinking boat to be mended in the middle of a river.
Chinese
Whoever buys a house must examine the beams; whoever wants a wife must look at her mother.
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