Entry
又yòu想xiǎng当dāng婊biǎo子zi又yòu想xiǎng立lì牌pái坊fāng

  1. lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom); fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation; to want to have one's cake and eat it too

    trad. 又想當婊子又想立牌坊

Also written 又想當婊子又想立牌坊【yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng】

Characters in this word

8
子
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

Pinyin
zǐ
Strokes
3
Frequency
2170 of 2500
Words starting with 子Words ending in 子Anywhere in a word
牌
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signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]), brand; trademark, mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]), (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2 pai2] and 曲牌[qu3 pai2])

Pinyin
pái
Strokes
12
Frequency
3297 of 2500
Words starting with 牌Words ending in 牌Anywhere in a word