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不共戴天
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不共戴天 [búgòngdàitiān]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] will not live under the same sky (with one's enemy)—absolutely irreconcilable
    不共戴天的敌人
    a sworn enemy; a mortal foe
    不共戴天之仇
    inveterate hatred
    你们俩又不是不共戴天的仇敌,不要总这样互相拆台。
    亡国灭种之仇,不共戴天

Examples

不共戴天的敌人
a sworn enemy; a mortal foe 不共戴天
不共戴天之仇
inveterate hatred 不共戴天
你们俩又不是不共戴天的仇敌,不要总这样互相拆台。 不共戴天
亡国灭种之仇,不共戴天 不共戴天
我们的仇恨不共戴天, 我与你势不两立。
Our hatred for each other is absolutely irreconcilable. You and I are at daggers drawn. 两立
不共戴天
与仇雠不共戴天 仇雠
deadly enemies
死敌,不共戴天的敌人 deadly
a mortal enemy
不共戴天的仇敌 mortal
to be sworn enemies
不共戴天的仇敌 sworn

Word Decomposition


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