xiāng róng
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  • 1

    v.be compatible with each other; consistent; mutually accept

    • zhè liǎng zhǒng sī xiǎng shuǐ huǒ bù xiāng róng

      思想水火相容

      These two ideas are incompatible.

    • tā men liǎng rén de pí qi shì shuǐ huǒ bù xiāng róng de

      她们脾气水火相容

      Those two are polar opposites in temperament.

    • zài zhè ge wèn tí shang dào dé hé liáng zhī shì hù bù xiāng róng de

      这个问题道德良知相容

      Here, morality and good sentiments clash headlong.

  • 2

    v.tolerate

    • wǒ men jué bù xiāng róng wēi hài rén mín shēng mìng de xíng wéi

      我们绝不相容危害人民生命行为

      We shall never tolerate behaviours that endanger people's life.

  • 3

    adj.consistent

    • xiāng róng jǔ zhèn

      相容矩阵

      consistent matrix

Word usage

  • Note
    "相容" is different from "相溶" and "相融". "相溶" refers to the physical dissolution of several substances; "相融" refers to the integration of each other; and "相容" refers to mutual non-exclusion.

Chinese words with pinyin xiang rong