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两国相争，不斩来使

liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ

9-character word Traditional 兩國相爭，不斬來使

What 两国相争，不斩来使 means

1. when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)

The characters in 两国相争，不斩来使

• 两liǎngtwo; both; some
• 国guócountry; nation; state; (bound form) national
• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 斩zhǎnto behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable