lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom); fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
trad. 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草
Also written 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草【yòu yào mǎ r pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎo】
Characters in this word
8又
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(once) again, also, both... and..., and yet, (used for emphasis) anyway
- Pinyin
- yòu
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 100 of 2500
要
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(bound form) to demand; to coerce
- Pinyin
- yāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 24 of 2500
马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500
儿
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child, son
- Pinyin
- ér
- Traditional
- 兒
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 3200 of 2500
跑
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(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
- Pinyin
- páo
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 319 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
吃
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to eat; to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate; to destroy, to absorb, to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- Pinyin
- chī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 143 of 2500
草
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variant of 草[cao3]
- Pinyin
- cǎo
- Traditional
- 艸
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4715 of 2500