水火不容
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Chinese[edit]
water; river | fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving |
not; no | to hold; to contain; to allow to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance | ||
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trad. (水火不容) | 水 | 火 | 不 | 容 | |
simp. #(水火不容) | 水 | 火 | 不 | 容 | |
Literally: “to be incompatible as fire and water”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
水火不容
- (of two people, groups or things) to be utterly opposed and incompatible
Antonyms[edit]
- 水乳交融 (shuǐrǔjiāoróng)