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 鱼与熊掌 Yú Yǔ Xióng Zhǎng Cake Eat Lit

Expression
 鱼与熊掌


Reading
yú yǔ xióng zhǎng
you can't have your cake and eat it lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other you can't always get everything you want 

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