一山不容二虎

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	mountain; hill	to not allow; to not tolerate; to not brook to not allow; to not tolerate; to not brook; to not accommodate; to not welcome	two	tiger
trad. (一山不容二虎)		一	山	不容	二	虎
simp. ^#(一山不容二虎)		一	山	不容	二	虎
Literally: “One mountain cannot contain two tigers.”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yī shān bùróng èr hǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄕㄢㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄦˋ ㄏㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ saan¹ bat¹ jung⁴ ji⁶ fu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yī shān bùróng èr hǔ [Phonetic: yì shān bùróng èr hǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄕㄢㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄦˋ ㄏㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yi shan bùróng èr hǔ
  - Wade–Giles: i¹ shan¹ pu⁴-jung² êrh⁴ hu³
  - Yale: yī shān bù-rúng èr hǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i shan burong ell huu
  - Palladius: и шань бужун эр ху (i šanʹ bužun er xu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ saan¹ bat¹ jung⁴ ji⁶ fu²
  - Yale: yāt sāan bāt yùhng yih fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ saan¹ bat⁷ jung⁴ ji⁶ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ san¹ bed¹ yung⁴ yi⁶ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ saːn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²¹ jiː²² fuː³⁵/

Proverb

一山不容二虎

Two strong people are incompatible and cannot coexist in the same place.

Synonyms

一山不能藏二虎

See also

เสือสองตัวอยู่ถ้ำเดียวกันไม่ได้ (sʉ̌ʉa sɔ̌ɔng dtuua yùu tâm diao-gan mâi-dâi)

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