水火不容

Chinese

		water; river	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	not; no	to hold; to contain; to allow to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance
trad. (水火不容)		水	火	不	容
simp. ^#(水火不容)		水	火	不	容
Literally: “to be incompatible as fire and water”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐhuǒbùróng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² fo² bat¹ jung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐhuǒbùróng [Phonetic: shuíhuǒbùróng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěihuǒbùróng
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-huo³-pu⁴-jung²
  - Yale: shwěi-hwǒ-bù-rúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeihuooburong
  - Palladius: шуйхобужун (šujxobužun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² fo² bat¹ jung⁴
  - Yale: séui fó bāt yùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² fo² bat⁷ jung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² fo² bed¹ yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

水火不容

(of two people, groups or things) to be utterly opposed and incompatible

Antonyms

水乳交融 (shuǐrǔjiāoróng)

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