薰莸不同器
Traditional form:
薰蕕不同器
Pinyin (reading):
xūnyóubùtóngqì
Definitions:
- lit. fragrant herbs and foul herbs do not go into the same vessel (idiom)
- bad people and good people do not mix
Characters:
- 薰 - a medicinal herb; to cauterize
- 莸 - Caryopteris divaricata
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 同 - same, similar; together with, alike
- 器 - device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel
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