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incompatibility

  • created sense approved 薰莸不同器/薰蕕不同器 · xūn​yóu​bù​tóng​qì · incompatibility

    薰莸不同器 / 薰蕕不同器

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    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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