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水火不容

水
火
不
容
completely incompatible / lit. incompatible as fire and water

Characters and words in 水火不容

水
shuǐ = shu + ei3
water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes
Add a new mnemonic for 水 = ㇇ + 亅 + 丿 + ㇏
火
huǒ = hu + o3
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
Add a new mnemonic for 火 = 人 + 丶
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
Add a new mnemonic for 不 = 丆 + 卜
不
容
must not / cannot / to not allow / cannot tolerate
容
róng = ru + (e)ng2
surname Rong
Add a new mnemonic for 容 = 宀 + 谷
容
róng = ru + (e)ng2
to hold / to contain / to allow / to tolerate / appearance / look / countenance
Add a new mnemonic for 容 = 宀 + 谷

Words with 水火不容

水火不容 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 水火不容

水火不容 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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