不共戴天
不共戴天
bù gòng dài tiān
(of enemies) cannot live under the same sky; absolutely irreconcilable
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- (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky
- absolutely irreconcilable
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Related Words
你死我活(nǐ sǐ wǒ huó)— lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
→同堂(tóng táng)— to live under the same roof (of different generations)
→汉贼不两立(Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì)— lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom)
→势不两立(shì bù liǎng lì)— the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences
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