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漢賊不兩立
简 汉贼不两立 · 繁 漢賊不兩立Mandarin · pinyin Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì
Meanings
- lit. Shu Han 蜀漢 Shǔ Hàn and Cao Wei 曹魏 Cáo Wèi cannot coexist (idiom)
- fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky
- (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
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4–2–4–3–4 · Han4 zei2 bu4 liang3 li4
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hon3 caak6 bat1 loeng5 laap6
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- (of two people or groups) to be absolutely irreconcilable; to be enemies and not be able to coexist
- (of two people or groups) to be absolutely irreconcilable; to be enemies and not be able to coexist — (Taiwan) the policy of treating the Chinese Communist Party as an illegitimate regime during Chiang Kai-shek's rule
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