冰炭不相容冰炭不投bīng tàn bù xiāng róngbe as incompatible (/irreconcilable) as ice and hot coals (/charcoal); be inimical (/hostile) to each other like ice and hot charcoal
? 雙方的利益真的就～嗎？ Is it true that the interests of the two sides are as irreconcilable as ice and hot coals? 豈知談了半天，竟有些冰炭不投。(《紅樓夢》1474) However,their talk had shown him that they were incompatible as ice and charcoal. 冰炭不相容bīnɡ tàn bù xiánɡ rónɡ比喻兩種事物完全對立。as imcompatible as ice and hot coals, as opposite as ice and charcoal |