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水火不容

shuǐ huǒ bù róng

4-character word

What 水火不容 means

1. completely incompatible
2. lit. incompatible as fire and water

The characters in 水火不容

• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 容róngto hold; to contain; to allow

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