腳踏兩條船
See also: 脚踏两条船
Chinese edit
role; foot; base | step on | both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael |
measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item; article |
a boat; vessel; ship | ||
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trad. (腳踏兩條船) | 腳 | 踏 | 兩 | 條 | 船 | |
simp. (脚踏两条船) | 脚 | 踏 | 两 | 条 | 船 | |
Literally: “feet straddling two boats”. |
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
腳踏兩條船
- to have a foot in both camps
- to have two dates at the same time, to two-time
Synonyms edit
- 腳踩兩隻船/脚踩两只船
- 腳踏兩隻船/脚踏两只船
- (to have two dates at the same time): (Cantonese) 一腳踏兩船/一脚踏两船 (yī jiǎo tà liǎng chuán)
See also edit
- Thai: เหยียบเรือสองแคม
- Korean: 양다리 (yangdari)
- Japanese: 二股