勢如水火

Chinese

		power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence	as (if); such as	water; river	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (勢如水火)		勢	如	水	火
simp. (势如水火)		势	如	水	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìrúshuǐhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìrúshuǐhuǒ [Phonetic: shìrúshuíhuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhrúshuěihuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-ju²-shui³-huo³
    • Yale: shr̀-rú-shwěi-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhrushoeihuoo
    • Palladius: шижушуйхо (šižušujxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

勢如水火

1. to be utterly opposed and incompatible

Synonyms

• 水火不容 (shuǐhuǒbùróng)