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| Processed by: | richwarm (2020-01-29 18:36:37 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 63750 - submitted by 'vermillon' >> XHD : 比喻兩個強人不能在一起相處/相容 Can also add: 一山不藏二虎 一山不藏二虎 [yi1 shan1 bu4 cang2 er4 hu3] Although the idea is fairly clear, I can't render it properly in English, somehow. --------------------------------- Editor: 一山不藏二虎 is pretty rare and you can find our entry by searching for "一山不" so I didn't add a 2nd entry, but I won't mind if sb else does. TP ~ 除了一山不容二虎（中、日）外，兩國的經濟發展落差巨大，自由貿易也不符合彼此的利益。 "He believes that this is not simply due to Sino-Japanese diplomatic rivalry. The two nations are at much different stages of economic development, and free trade between them is not in either country's best interest." Web ~ 在马耳他大学（University of Malta）教授遗产和文化旅游的卡萨尔教授（George Cassar）解释说，“pika”促使马耳他人要去超越眼前的竞争对手，通常是同一个城镇里朝拜不同圣徒的信仰者之间的竞争，颇有一种“一山不容二虎”的意味，这样的竞争有些是友好的体育竞赛，也有的是长期存在的敌对情绪。 “Pika (a Maltese word that roughly means ‘a neighbourly rivalry’) is what drove the Maltese in 1958 to tear down and rebuild the Carmelite Basilica that today defines Valletta's horizon with a 42m-high dome, just to overshadow the Anglican Cathedral next door,” he said. |
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# 一山不容二虎 一山不容二虎 [yi1 shan1 bu4 rong2 er4 hu3] /lit. the mountain can't have two tigers/two strong personalities can't tolerate each other/ + 一山不容二虎 一山不容二虎 [yi1 shan1 bu4 rong2 er4 hu3] /lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)/fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us/(of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive/ |