不共戴天 Chinese English dictionary 不共戴天 translate 不共戴天 pinyin

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不共戴天

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
不共戴天 bùgòngdàitiān	不共戴天 \| 不共戴天* \| *不共戴天	(idiom) (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky; absolutely irreconcilable

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
不	不 \| 不* \| *不	4画一 + 3	bù, fǒu, fōu	no, not; un-; negative prefix	bat1	1090.0 MF


共	共 \| 共* \| *共	6画八 + 4	gòng, gōng	together with, all, total; to share	gung6	4480.1 TC


戴	戴 \| 戴* \| *戴	17画戈 + 13	dài	wear on top; support	daai3	4385.0 JIWTC


天	天 \| 天* \| *天	4画大 + 1	tiān	sky, heaven; god, celestial	tin1	1043.0 MK

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
不共戴天 bùgòngdàitiān	不共戴天 \| 不共戴天* \| *不共戴天	(idiom) (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky; absolutely irreconcilable


不 bù	不 \| 不* \| *不	no; not so / (bound form) not; un-


共　gòng	共 \| 共* \| *共	common / general / to share / together / total / altogether / abbr. for 共產黨｜共产党, Communist party


戴　　Dài	戴 \| 戴* \| *戴	surname Dai


戴　　dài	戴 \| 戴* \| *戴	to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc) / to respect / to bear / to support


天　　　tiān	天 \| 天* \| *天	day / sky / heaven