to have a foot in both camps; to have a bet each way; to be having an affair
trad. 腳踏兩隻船
Also written 腳踏兩隻船【jiǎo tà liǎng zhī chuán】
Characters in this word
5脚
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foot, leg (of an animal or an object), base (of an object), CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1], classifier for kicks
- Pinyin
- jiǎo
- Traditional
- 腳
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 1591 of 2500
踏
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see 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5]
- Pinyin
- tā
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 15594 of 2500
两
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two, both, some, a few, tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- Pinyin
- liǎng
- Traditional
- 兩
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1703 of 2500
只
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variant of 隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 177 of 2500
船
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variant of 船[chuan2]
- Pinyin
- chuán
- Traditional
- 舩
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 996 of 2500