脚踏两只船
jiǎo​tà​liǎng​zhī​chuán

to have a foot in both camps

  • created sense approved 脚踏两只船/腳踏兩隻船 · jiǎo​tà​liǎng​zhī​chuán · to have a foot in both camps — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    脚踏两只船 / 腳踏兩隻船

    jiǎo​tà​liǎng​zhī​chuán

    to have a foot in both camps

    To sit on the fence, keep one's options open, or be non-committal; to dual-play for one's own benefit

    脚踏 (literal) → 脚踏/腳踏 · jiǎo​tà · to step on 两 (literal) → 两/兩 · liǎng · two 只 (literal) → 只/隻 · zhī · [classifier] 船 (literal) → 船 · chuán · boat

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 脚踏两只船/腳踏兩隻船 · jiǎo​tà​liǎng​zhī​chuán · to have an affair — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    脚踏两只船 / 腳踏兩隻船

    jiǎo​tà​liǎng​zhī​chuán

    to have an affair

    To be unfaithful in a romantic relationship by dating two people at once

    脚踏 (literal) → 脚踏/腳踏 · jiǎo​tà · to step on 两 (literal) → 两/兩 · liǎng · two 只 (literal) → 只/隻 · zhī · [classifier] 船 (literal) → 船 · chuán · boat

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

    created sense