誓不两立 — Chinese idiom
誓不两立
shì bù liǎng lì
Traditional: 誓不兩立
Meaning
- the two cannot exist together ; irreconcilable differences
- incompatible standpoints
Character by character
- 誓shìto swear, to pledge; oath
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 两liǎngtwo, both, pair, couple; ounce
- 立lìto stand; to establish, to set up
Idioms sharing a character
- 山盟海誓 shān méng hǎi shì
- 海誓山盟 hǎi shì shān méng
- 盟山誓海 méng shān shì hǎi
- 誓死不从 shì sǐ bù cóng
- 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
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