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鱼与熊掌
yú​yǔ​xióng​zhǎng

you can't have both

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
鱼与熊掌 魚與熊掌 yú​yǔ​xióng​zhǎng
you can't have both
Literally "the fish and the bear's paw"; an idiom meaning one must choose between two desirable things because they cannot both be had at the same time.

Frequency

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0.375 per million

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