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兼得
jiān​dé

have both

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  • 鱼与熊掌不可兼得 yú​yǔ​xióng​zhǎng​bù​kě​jiān​dé cannot have both
    one cannot have two desirable things at the same time; a choice must be made between mutually exclusive options (idiom, from Mencius)