two tigers cannot live on the same mountain(guó wú èr jūn)

two tigers cannot live on the same mountain

In Chinese, the Pinyin is Gu ó w ú è RJ ū n, which means that a country cannot have two emperors. From the book of rites, four systems of mourning clothes.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of rites, there are four systems of mourning clothes: "heaven has no two days, earth has no two kings, country has no two kings, and family has no two respects."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in spoken English

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: the day is the same

Chinese PinYin : guó wú èr jūn