两国相争，不斩来使

liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ

释义

1. when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)

两国相争，不斩来使 的构成词

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 使 shǐ: to make
• 来 lái: to come
• 两 liǎng: two
• 国 guó: country; nation; state (CL:個|个[gè])
• 斩 zhǎn: to behead (as form of capital punishment)
• 争 zhēng: to strive for
• 两国 liǎng guó: both countries; two countries
• 相 xiāng: each other
• 相 xiàng: appearance
• 相争 xiāng zhēng: to vie against one another