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鱼与熊掌不可兼得
yú​yǔ​xióng​zhǎng​bù​kě​jiān​dé

cannot have both

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鱼与熊掌不可兼得 (魚與熊掌不可兼得) yú​yǔ​xióng​zhǎng​bù​kě​jiān​dé
cannot have both
one cannot have two desirable things at the same time; a choice must be made between mutually exclusive options (idiom, from Mencius)

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