勢不兩立

Chinese

		power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence	not; no	to exist simultaneously
trad. (勢不兩立)		勢	不	兩立
simp. (势不两立)		势	不	两立

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìbùliǎnglì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ bat¹ loeng⁵ laap⁶ / sai³ bat¹ loeng⁵ lap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìbùliǎnglì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhbùliǎnglì
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-pu⁴-liang³-li⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-bù-lyǎng-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhbuleanglih
    • Palladius: шибулянли (šibuljanli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ bat¹ loeng⁵ laap⁶ / sai³ bat¹ loeng⁵ lap⁶
    • Yale: sai bāt léuhng laahp / sai bāt léuhng lahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ bat⁷ loeng⁵ laap⁹ / sai³ bat⁷ loeng⁵ lap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ bed¹ lêng⁵ lab⁶ / sei³ bed¹ lêng⁵ leb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ lœːŋ¹³ laːp̚²/, /sɐi̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ lœːŋ¹³ lɐp̚²/

Idiom

勢不兩立

1. irreconcilable; antagonistic and unable to coexist; at daggers drawn