不共戴天 — Chinese idiom
不共戴天
bù gòng dài tiān
Meaning
- (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky; absolutely irreconcilable
Character by character
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 共gòngall, total; together; to share
- 戴dàito support; to respect; to put on, to wear; surnam
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
- 一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ
- 一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng
- 一笔不苟 yī bǐ bù gǒu
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