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Trad. 義不容辭
- not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom)
- incumbent
- bounden (duty)
Trad. 不容置辯
- peremptory
- not to be denied
- not brooking argument
Trad. 刻不容緩
- to brook no delay
- to demand immediate action
- completely incompatible
- lit. incompatible as fire and water
Trad. 間不容髮
- (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom)
- in a critical state
- on the brink of crisis
- very close (to happening)
- Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3]
- lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
