Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「勢不兩立」, explained below.
Learn about the idiom 「勢不兩立」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Two sides: two sides stand side by side. It means that two hostile parties cannot exist at the same time. A metaphor for irreconcilable contradictions.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shì bù liǎng lì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sai3 bat1 leung5 laap6
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
