冰炭不相容

as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals

ice / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / to chill sth / (of an object or substance) to feel cold / (of a person) cold / unfriendly / (slang) methamphetamine

variant of 冰[bing1]

wood charcoal / coal

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])

appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

incompatible

compatible / consistent / to tolerate (each other)

surname Rong

to hold / to contain / to allow / to tolerate / appearance / look / countenance