势不两立 — Chinese idiom
势不两立
shì bù liǎng lì
Traditional: 勢不兩立
Meaning
- the two cannot exist together ; irreconcilable differences
- incompatible standpoints
Character by character
- 势shìpower, force; tendency, attitude
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 两liǎngtwo, both, pair, couple; ounce
- 立lìto stand; to establish, to set up
Idioms sharing a character
- 人多势众 rén duō shì zhòng
- 仗势欺人 zhàng shì qī rén
- 做张做势 zuò zhāng zuò shì
- 势不可当 shì bù kě dāng
- 势单力薄 shì dān lì bó
- 势在必得 shì zài bì dé
- 势在必行 shì zài bì xíng
- 势均力敌 shì jūn lì dí
- 势如破竹 shì rú pò zhú
- 势成骑虎 shì chéng qí hǔ
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