水火

水火¹
shuĭ-huŏ
名
1   fire and water—two things diametrically opposed to each other
2   extreme misery:
- 拯救人民于水火之中 save the people from untold miseries

水火²
shuĭhuŏ
动 [usu. in the early vernacular] relieve oneself; stool and urine

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水火¹
shuǐhuǒ
1. 水和火两相矛盾。 {fire and water in contradiction to each other;}〈比喻 fig.〉不能相容的对立物 {two things diametrically opposed to each other}:
- 势如～。 {be opposed to each other like fire and water}
2. ‘水深火热’的略语。 {Abbr. for 水深火热shuǐ shēn huǒ rè;}〈比喻 fig.〉灾难 {calamity; extreme misery}:
- 拯救百姓于～之中。 {save the people from untold miseries}�

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水火²
shuǐhuǒ
指大小便(多见于早期白话 {oft. in early vernacular})。 {stool and urine}

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水火
shuǐhuǒ
名 fire and water―opposites; two things incompatible to each other
- 势如水火 incompatible (to each other); mutually antagonistic (to each other)
名 extreme misery; dire circumstances
- 生活在水火之中 live in misery
名 [usu in early vernacular] stool and urine

水火不容
shuǐhuǒ-bùróng

水火不相容
shuǐhuǒ bù xiāng róng
<熟> utterly incompatible (as fire and water); entirely irreconcilable; hostile to each other (by birth)
- 两个人水火不相容。 Those two people are incompatible (to each other).

水火无情
shuǐhuǒ-wúqíng
<熟> flood and fire have no mercy for anybody

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