势不两立
shì​bù​liǎng​lì

irreconcilable

  • created sense approved 势不两立/勢不兩立 · shì​bù​liǎng​lì · irreconcilable — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    势不两立 / 勢不兩立

    shì​bù​liǎng​lì

    irreconcilable

    (idiom) the two cannot exist together; used to describe a situation where two parties are so opposed that they cannot coexist or reach a compromise

    势 (literal) → 势/勢 · shì · situation 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 两立 (literal) → 两立/兩立 · liǎng​lì · to coexist; coexistence

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense