shuāng​guǎn​qí​xià

to work on two things at once

  • created sense approved 双管齐下/雙管齊下 · shuāng​guǎn​qí​xià · to work on two things at once — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    双管齐下 / 雙管齊下

    shuāng​guǎn​qí​xià

    to work on two things at once

    (idiom) to perform two tasks simultaneously or use two different methods at the same time to achieve a goal; literally means to paint using two brushes at once.

    双 (literal) → 双/雙 · shuāng · two 管 (literal) → 管 · guǎn · writing brush 齐 (literal) → 齐/齊 · qí · together 下 (literal) → 下 · xia · [downward/result]

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 双管齐下/雙管齊下 · shuāng​guǎn​qí​xià · ambiguous text — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    双管齐下 / 雙管齊下

    shuāng​guǎn​qí​xià

    ambiguous text

    text that has two possible meanings or can be interpreted in two ways; double entendre

    双 (literal) → 双/雙 · shuāng · two 管 (literal) → 管 · guǎn · writing brush 齐 (literal) → 齐/齊 · qí · together 下 (literal) → 下 · xia · [downward/result]

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

    created sense