水火不容

Chinese

		water; river	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	not; no	to hold; to contain; to allow to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance
trad. (水火不容)		水	火	不	容
simp. #(水火不容)		水	火	不	容
Literally: “to be incompatible as fire and water”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐhuǒbùróng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² fo² bat¹ jung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐhuǒbùróng [Phonetic: shuíhuǒbùróng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěihuǒbùróng
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-huo³-pu⁴-jung²
    • Yale: shwěi-hwǒ-bù-rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeihuooburong
    • Palladius: шуйхобужун (šujxobužun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² fo² bat¹ jung⁴
    • Yale: séui fó bāt yùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² fo² bat⁷ jung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² fo² bed¹ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

水火不容

1. (of two people, groups or things) to be utterly opposed and incompatible

Antonyms

• 水乳交融 (shuǐrǔjiāoróng)