势不两立 meaning in English
be irreconcilable [incompatible] with; at daggers drawn; be implacably [diametrically] opposed to; impossibly for both to exist together; irreconcilably hostile to each other; one of the two must be destroyed.; (we and they) shall not live at the same time.; there is no compatibility between them.: 我没料到他们为这一点小事竟会如此势不两立。 i didn't expect them to be at daggers drawn over such a trivial thing
Examples
- I did n't expect them to be at daggers drawn over such a trivial thing .
我没料到他们为这一点小事竟会如此势不两立。 - It's very plain that the old man and i will remain at daggers-drawn to the end of our lives .
很明显，我同老头子至死也是势不两立。 - He was trying to create an atmosphere of utter irreconcilability which left no roads open .
他正试图制造一种绝对势不两立、不留任何后路的气氛。 - The superimposition of ideological conflict and personal jealousies turned inherent rivalry into obsession .
意识形态的冲突和个人之间相互不服气交织在一起，使得固有的敌对发展到势不两立的地步。 - The god and the demons of zu mountain lai kit kwan
千百年来，神魔势不两立。