熊掌 xióng zhǎng

xióng zhǎng noun bear paw
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '熊掌'; Guoyu '熊掌'; Mathews 1931 '熊掌', p. 22)

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• 鱼与熊掌(魚與熊掌) the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time; you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want
• 鱼与熊掌不可兼得(魚與熊掌不可兼得) the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want

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• 《告子章句上》 Commentary on Gaozi I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 3
• Selections from Mencius Notes on Literary Chinese — count: 3
• 告子上 Gaozi I Mencius 孟子 — count: 2
• 卷六十三 李杜列傳 Volume 63: Biographies of Li, Du Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 2
• 卷五十六 列傳第五十 侯景 Volume 56: Hou Jing Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 1
• 卷五十六 列傳第二十六 江統 孫楚 Volume 56 Biographies 26: Jiang Tong; Sun Chu Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 53 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第五十一回 Chapter 51 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
• 第八十二回 Chapter 82 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1

Collocations

• 取熊掌 (取熊掌) 舍魚而取熊掌者也 — Mencius 孟子, 告子上 Gaozi I — count: 4