- 鱼与熊掌 yúyǔxióngzhǎng you can't have bothLiterally "the fish and the bear's paw"; an idiom meaning one must choose between two desirable things because they cannot both be had at the same time.
- 鱼与熊掌不可兼得 yúyǔxióngzhǎngbùkějiāndé you can't have both(idiom) Lit. "one cannot have both the fish and the bear's paw"; used to mean that if you have to choose between two desirable things, you cannot have both at the same time.