相煎太急
xiāng​jiān​tài​jí

no love lost

  • created reference approved 相煎太急 → 相煎何急 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    相煎太急 xiāng​jiān​tài​jí

    相煎何急 xiāng​jiān​hé​jí

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 相煎太急 · xiāng​jiān​tài​jí · no love lost — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    相煎太急

    xiāng​jiān​tài​jí

    no love lost

    Describes people in a close relationship, especially brothers, who are fighting or harming each other; based on a famous poem by the ancient poet [[曹植|曹植|cao2 zhi2]] about a beanstalk being burned to cook the beans

    相 (literal) → 相 · xiāng · mutually 煎 (literal) → 煎 · jiān · to suffer 太 (literal) → 太 · tài · too 急 (literal) → 急 · jí · rapid

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