| 汉贼不两立 |
Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì |
lit. Shu Han 蜀汉 and Cao Wei 曹魏 cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist" |
| 汉 |
Hàn |
Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) |
| 汉 |
hàn |
man |
| 贼 |
zéi |
thief; robber / (bound form) traitor; subversive / (bound form) evil; wicked / sly; shifty; devious / (literary) to harm; to injure / (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan) |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 两 |
liǎng |
two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) |
| 两立 |
liǎng lì |
to coexist / coexistence |
| 立 |
Lì |
surname Li |
| 立 |
lì |
to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately |