Incompatibility between ice and charcoal(bīng tàn bù xiāng róng)

Incompatibility between ice and charcoal

Ice and charcoal incompatibility is a Chinese word. Its pronunciation is B ī NGT à Nb ù Xi ā NgR ó ng, which means that ice and fire cannot be compatible. It means that things with opposite properties cannot be compatible.

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Han Feizi's Xianxue: "the ice and charcoal of husband are different, but the cold and heat do not come at the same time.". "Ice and charcoal can not be combined. I firmly know that life is not long," said the book of songs of Chu, seven remonstrations and resentment of Dongfang Shuo of Han Dynasty. In Zhu Xi's Zhu Zi Quan Shu · vol.63 · Zhi Dao I · employing people in Song Dynasty, it is said that "to cover a gentleman and a villain is like the incompatibility of ice and charcoal, and to smoke a bush is not to enter.". Example: one person said that revolution and literature are independent, and they can't stand side by side at all. synonym: different utensils of ice and charcoal, water and fire are not compatible

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The revolution and literature by Guo Moruo

Chinese PinYin : bīng tàn bù xiāng róng