xūn​yóu​yì​qì

good and bad cannot coexist

  • created reference approved 薰莸异器/薰蕕異器 → 薰莸不同器/薰蕕不同器 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    薰莸异器 / 薰蕕異器 xūn​yóu​yì​qì

    薰莸不同器 / 薰蕕不同器 xūn​yóu​bù​tóng​qì

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 薰莸异器/薰蕕異器 → 薰莸同器/薰蕕同器 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    薰莸异器 / 薰蕕異器 xūn​yóu​yì​qì

    薰莸同器 / 薰蕕同器 xūn​yóu​tóng​qì

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 薰莸异器/薰蕕異器 · xūn​yóu​yì​qì · good and bad cannot coexist — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    薰莸异器 / 薰蕕異器

    xūn​yóu​yì​qì

    good and bad cannot coexist

    Literally "fragrant herbs and stinking weeds must be kept in different containers," meaning that good people and bad people cannot live together or be treated as the same.

    薰莸 (literal) → 薰莸/薰蕕 · xūn​yóu · good and evil 异 (literal) → 异/異 · yì · different 器 (literal) → 器 · qì · utensil

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

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