持兩端
chí​liǎng​duān

to sit on the fence / to have one's feet in two camps

  • created sense approved 持两端/持兩端 · chí​liǎng​duān · to sit on the fence / to have one's feet in two camps — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    持两端 / 持兩端

    chí​liǎng​duān

    to sit on the fence / to have one's feet in two camps

    to be hesitant, to wait and see, or to have divided loyalties

    持, 两端

    持 (literal) → 持 · chí · to hold an opinion 两端 (literal) → 两端/兩端 · liǎng​duān · indecision

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

    created sense