xūn​yóu​bù​tóng​qì

incompatibility

Senses

薰莸不同器/ 薰蕕不同器 xūn​yóu​bù​tóng​qì incompatibility

Fragrant and foul-smelling herbs do not share a vessel; figuratively implies that good and evil people cannot coexist or be treated as the same.

他深信薰莸不同器,从不与那些品行不端的人同流合污。

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