Different ice and charcoal vessels(bīng tàn bù tóng qì)

Different ice and charcoal vessels

Ice and charcoal ware is a Chinese word, and its pronunciation is B ī NGT à Nb ù t ó ngq ì, which means that ice and charcoal can not be placed in the same utensil. It means that things with different properties are mutually exclusive and incompatible.

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Ice and charcoal can't be put in the same appliance. Things of different metaphorical nature are mutually exclusive and incompatible.

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Han Feizi's Xianxue: "the ice and charcoal of husband are different, but the cold and heat are different, and sometimes they come. On the contrary, it is not necessary to establish two systems of learning and to govern it. " It's not like we live together. (excerpt from selected Yuanqu · Yuqiao Ji)

Chinese PinYin : bīng tàn bù tóng qì