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:2025/12/23
犬猿
Hiragana
けんえん
Noun
Japanese Meaning
犬と猿のこと。転じて、きわめて仲が悪いことのたとえ。互いに激しく嫌い合う関係。 / 表向きはともかく、水面下では強い対立関係・敵対関係にあること。犬猿の仲。
Easy Japanese Meaning
なかがとてもわるいこと。たがいにきらいあうようす。
Chinese (Simplified)
关系恶劣 / 水火不容 / 互相仇视
Sense(1)
a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs
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a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs
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犬猿
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Their relationship is exactly like cats and dogs.
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彼らの関係はまさに犬猿の仲だ。
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