汉贼不两立

Traditional: 漢賊不兩立

Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì

Dictionary entry

lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom)

What does 汉贼不两立 mean?

汉贼不两立 (Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom)

2fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky

3(former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"

Character breakdown

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汉HànHan ethnic group · Chinese (language)贼zéithief; robber · (bound form) traitor; subversive 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-两liǎngtwo · both 立Lìsurname Li

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