漢賊不兩立

See also: 汉贼不两立

Chinese

		Chinese; name of a dynasty; man	thief	not; no	to exist simultaneously
trad. (漢賊不兩立)		漢	賊	不	兩立
simp. (汉贼不两立)		汉	贼	不	两立
Literally: “Shu Han and thieves cannot coexist.”

Etymology

From the Later Chu Shi Biao:

先帝慮漢賊不兩立，王業不偏安，故託臣以討賊也。 [MSC, trad.]

先帝虑汉贼不两立，王业不偏安，故托臣以讨贼也。 [MSC, simp.]

From: 228, Zhuge Liang, 後出師表

Xiāndì lǜ Hàn zéi bù liǎnglì, wángyè bù piān'ān, gù tuō chén yǐ tǎo zéi yě. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hàn zéi bù liǎnglì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄗㄟˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hàn zéi bù liǎnglì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄗㄟˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hàn zéi bù liǎnglì
  - Wade–Giles: han⁴ tsei² pu⁴ liang³-li⁴
  - Yale: hàn dzéi bù lyǎng-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hann tzeir bu leanglih
  - Palladius: хань цзэй бу лянли (xanʹ czɛj bu ljanli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ljɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ li⁵¹/

Idiom

漢賊不兩立

(of two people or groups) to be absolutely irreconcilable; to be enemies and not be able to coexist

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