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势不两立

shì bù liǎng lì

4-character word Traditional 勢不兩立

What 势不两立 means

1. the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences
2. incompatible standpoints

The characters in 势不两立

• 势shìpower; influence; potential
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 两liǎngtwo; both; some
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish

Sounds the same

Read shì bù liǎng lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 誓不两立the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences…