两全其美
liǎng​quán​qí​měi

best of both worlds

  • created sense approved 两全其美/兩全其美 · liǎng​quán​qí​měi · best of both worlds — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    两全其美 / 兩全其美

    liǎng​quán​qí​měi

    best of both worlds

    (idiom) to satisfy both sides or rival claims; to have it both ways so that everyone benefits

    两全 (literal) → 两全/兩全 · liǎng​quán · to satisfy both sides 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 美 (literal) → 美 · měi · good

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense