漢賊不兩立 hàn zéi bù liǎng lì

fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky
  2. 2. lit. Shu Han 蜀汉shǔ hàn and Cao Wei 曹魏cáo wèi cannot coexist (idiom)
  3. 3. (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"

Characters

Character Meaning
漢 hàn
Han ethnic group; Chinese (language)
賊 zéi
thief; extremely; wily
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
兩 liǎng
two; both; some
立 lì HSK 5
to stand; to establish; to set up