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Trad. 豐唇
- to augment lip volume (through cosmetic surgery or injections)
- plump lips
- to moisten one's lips
- to sip (wine, tea etc)
- esp. used with negatives: never touch a drop of the stuff
- (cosmetics) liquid lipstick (typically with a glossier, lacquer-like finish compared to Western liquid lipsticks, though matte formulas also exist)
Trad. 咬唇妝
- bitten-lips look (darker lipstick applied on the inner part of the lips, and lighter on the outer part)
Trad. 唇齒音
- labiodental (e.g. the consonant f in standard Chinese)
Trad. 白費唇舌
- to whistle down the wind
- to waste one's breath (idiom)
Trad. 饒舌調唇
- blabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker
Trad. 驢脣馬嘴
- see 驢唇不對馬嘴|驴唇不对马嘴[lu : 2 chun2 bu4 dui4 ma3 zui3]
Trad. 搬唇遞舌
- to pass on stories (idiom); to sow dissension
- to blab
- to tell tales
Trad. 皓齒硃唇
- white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom); lovely young woman
Trad. 唇亡齒寒
- lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent
Trad. 反唇相譏
- (idiom) to answer back sarcastically; to retort
Trad. 唇槍舌劍
- (idiom) to cross verbal swords; to have a heated verbal exchange
Trad. 唇槍舌戰
- see 唇槍舌劍|唇枪舌剑[chun2 qiang1 she2 jian4]
Trad. 唇齒相依
- lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom); closely related
- interdependent
Trad. 驢唇不對馬嘴
- lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying)
- fig. wide of the mark; irrelevant; incongruous