hàn​zéi​bù​liǎng​lì

irreconcilable enemies

  • created sense approved 汉贼不两立/漢賊不兩立 · hàn​zéi​bù​liǎng​lì · irreconcilable enemies — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    汉贼不两立 / 漢賊不兩立

    hàn​zéi​bù​liǎng​lì

    irreconcilable enemies

    literally meaning that Shu [[汉|漢|han4]] and the traitor [[魏|魏|wei4]] cannot both exist; used as an idiom to describe two enemies who cannot coexist under the same sky

    汉 (literal) → 汉/漢 · hàn · Han Dynasty 贼 (literal) → 贼/賊 · zéi · traitor 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 两立 (literal) → 两立/兩立 · liǎng​lì · to coexist; coexistence

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  • created sense approved 汉贼不两立/漢賊不兩立 · hàn​zéi​bù​liǎng​lì · gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    汉贼不两立 / 漢賊不兩立

    hàn​zéi​bù​liǎng​lì

    gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist

    former Kuomintang (KMT) political slogan against the Communist Party, framing themselves as the legitimate Han and the enemy as traitors or thieves

    汉 (literal) → 汉/漢 · hàn · Han Dynasty 贼 (literal) → 贼/賊 · zéi · traitor 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 两立 (literal) → 两立/兩立 · liǎng​lì · to coexist; coexistence

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