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脚踏两条船 (腳踏兩條船)

jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán

Definition

  1. (lit.) to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom)
  2. (fig.) to have it both ways
  3. to run after two hares
  4. (especially) to have two lovers at the same time

Character Decomposition

脚
=
月
+
却
踏
=
⻊
+
沓
两
=
一
+
从
+
冂
条
=
夂
+
朩
船
=
舟
+
几
+
口

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