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薰莸异器
xūn​yóu​yì​qì

good and bad cannot coexist

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
薰莸异器 薰蕕異器 xūn​yóu​yì​qì
good and bad cannot coexist
Literally "fragrant herbs and stinking weeds must be kept in different containers," meaning that good people and bad people cannot live together or be treated as the same.

Cross-References

Same as

  • 薰莸不同器 xūn​yóu​bù​tóng​qì

Antonym

  • 薰莸同器 xūn​yóu​tóng​qì