不可混为一谈
“they cannot be conflated.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
当应赏罚分明
“But rewards and punishments should be clearly distinct—”
不可 混为一谈
“they cannot be conflated.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In classical Chinese statecraft, Legalist and Confucian governance heavily stressed that merits and faults must be evaluated strictly without conflation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to confuse one thing with another; to lump together
A very common four-character idiom used in formal arguments or debates when opposing conflations.
must not; cannot
A classical and formal prohibition marker equivalent to modern '不能' or '不可'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't mix them up.”
“we'd better treat each other separately.”
“completely fails in comparison to you.”
“He might've made another decision.”