"兩面不討好" meaning in Chinese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "两面不讨好",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "兩面不討好",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "both parties are displeased",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "damn if you do, damn if you don't"
      ],
      "id": "en-兩面不討好-zh-phrase-c0-U0mwM",
      "links": [
        [
          "damn if you do, damn if you don't",
          "damn if you do, damn if you don't"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "左右都不是"
        },
        {
          "word": "兩頭都不討好／两头都不讨好"
        },
        {
          "word": "兩頭都不討好"
        },
        {
          "word": "两头都不讨好"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngmiàn bù tǎohǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngmiàn bù tǎohǎo [Phonetic:liǎngmiànbùtáohǎo]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngmiàn bù tǎohǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liang³-mien⁴ pu⁴ tʻao³-hao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyǎng-myàn bù tǎu-hǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "leangmiann bu taohao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лянмянь бу таохао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljanmjanʹ bu taoxao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: liǎngmiànbùtáohǎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "兩面不討好"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "两面不讨好",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "兩面不討好",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "both parties are displeased",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 兩",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 好",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 討",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 面",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "damn if you do, damn if you don't"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "damn if you do, damn if you don't",
          "damn if you do, damn if you don't"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngmiàn bù tǎohǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngmiàn bù tǎohǎo [Phonetic:liǎngmiànbùtáohǎo]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngmiàn bù tǎohǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liang³-mien⁴ pu⁴ tʻao³-hao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyǎng-myàn bù tǎu-hǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "leangmiann bu taohao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лянмянь бу таохао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljanmjanʹ bu taoxao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: liǎngmiànbùtáohǎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "左右都不是"
    },
    {
      "word": "兩頭都不討好／两头都不讨好"
    },
    {
      "word": "兩頭都不討好"
    },
    {
      "word": "两头都不讨好"
    }
  ],
  "word": "兩面不討好"
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "兩面不討好"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "兩面不討好",
  "trace": ""
}