骑双头马
qí​shuāng​tóu​mǎ

to play both sides

  • created sense approved 骑双头马/騎雙頭馬 · qí​shuāng​tóu​mǎ · to play both sides — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骑双头马 / 騎雙頭馬

    qí​shuāng​tóu​mǎ

    to play both sides

    to be a fence-sitter or to benefit from two opposing sides at once

    骑 (literal) → 骑/騎 · qí · to ride 双 (literal) → 双/雙 · shuāng · two 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · head 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse

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

    created sense