Learn Chinese Proverb
魚與熊掌不可兼得
[鱼与熊掌不可兼得]
yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bù kě jiān dé
This sentence indicates that you cannot done two different things in the same time.
Vocabulary
魚 yú fish
與 yǔ and
熊掌 xióng zhǎng bear paw
不可 bùkě cannot
得 dé get
兼得 jiān dé get both of them
不可能 bù kěnéng impossible
整天 zhěng tiān all the day
The bear is brutal, and it's dangerous to hunt it.
To get the bear paws, you have to use fish as bait.
To get the fish, you have to drive away the bear.
So you can't own both of them in same time.
Example sentence
"魚與[鱼与]熊掌不可兼得", it's impossible that you play mobile games all the day and learn Chinese well.
To get the bear paws, you have to use fish as bait.
To get the fish, you have to drive away the bear.
So you can't own both of them in same time.
Example sentence
"魚與[鱼与]熊掌不可兼得", it's impossible that you play mobile games all the day and learn Chinese well.
「魚與[鱼与]熊掌不可兼得」你不可能整天玩手機遊戲[机游戏]，又可以學[学]好中文。
「yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bùkě jiān dé」nǐ bù kěnéng zhěng tiān wán shǒu jī yóuxì，yòu kěyǐ xué hǎo zhōngwén.
Vocabulary
魚 yú fish
與 yǔ and
熊掌 xióng zhǎng bear paw
不可 bùkě cannot
得 dé get
兼得 jiān dé get both of them
不可能 bù kěnéng impossible
整天 zhěng tiān all the day
玩 wán play
手機 shǒu jī mobile
遊戲 yóuxì game
＊ In ancient times, people thought bear paws were a high-class cuisine.
Original intention or story
This idiom is from the book《魚我所欲也 yú wǒ suǒ yù yě》written by 孟子 mèng zǐ (B.C. 372 - B.C.289).
The original meaning is to emphasize that when you can't own for both at the same time, you have to know how to choose.
Through this saying ,孟子 expounded that life is the one he cherished, but there was something more inportant that than life. That's his belief and thought.
遊戲 yóuxì game
學 xué learn
＊ In ancient times, people thought bear paws were a high-class cuisine.
Original intention or story
This idiom is from the book《魚我所欲也 yú wǒ suǒ yù yě》written by 孟子 mèng zǐ (B.C. 372 - B.C.289).
The original meaning is to emphasize that when you can't own for both at the same time, you have to know how to choose.
Through this saying ,孟子 expounded that life is the one he cherished, but there was something more inportant that than life. That's his belief and thought.
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