积不相能 — Chinese idiom
积不相能
jī bù xiāng néng
Traditional: 積不相能
Meaning
- always at loggerheads; never able to agree with sb; unable to get on with sb
Character by character
- 积jīto store up, to amass, to accumulate
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
Idioms sharing a character
- 厚积薄发 hòu jī bó fā
- 厝火积薪 cuò huǒ jī xīn
- 堆积如山 duī jī rú shān
- 积劳成疾 jī láo chéng jí
- 积土成山 jī tǔ chéng shān
- 积少成多 jī shǎo chéng duō
- 积年累月 jī nián lěi yuè
- 积恶余殃 jī è yú yāng
- 积于忽微 jī yú hū wēi
- 积习难改 jī xí nán gǎi
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