势如水火
shì​rú​shuǐ​huǒ

mutually incompatible

  • created sense approved 势如水火/勢如水火 · shì​rú​shuǐ​huǒ · mutually incompatible — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    势如水火 / 勢如水火

    shì​rú​shuǐ​huǒ

    mutually incompatible

    in a state like water and fire; used to describe a situation where two parties are completely incompatible, intensely hostile, or at daggers drawn

    势 (literal) → 势/勢 · shì · situation 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 火 (literal) → 火 · huǒ · fire

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

    created sense