漢賊不兩立 hàn zéi bù liǎng lì

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom)
  2. fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky
  3. (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"

CHARACTERS

漢 hàn the Chinese people, Chinese language
賊 zéi thief, traitor
不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
兩 liǎng two, both, pair, couple; ounce
立 lì stand; let stand; establish, set