"魚與熊掌不可兼得" meaning in 漢語

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Proverb

IPA: /y³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jyː²¹ jyː¹³ hʊŋ²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ kiːm⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, IPA] Forms: 鱼与熊掌不可兼得 [Simplified Chinese]
Etymology: 來自《孟子》:
  1. 不可貪心,必須有所取捨
    Sense id: zh-魚與熊掌不可兼得-zh-proverb-frNenYE6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話諺語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「不」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「兼」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「可」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「得」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「掌」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「熊」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「與」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「魚」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有引文的文言文詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語諺語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語諺語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ref": "《孟子》,約公元前4世紀",
      "roman": "Mèngzǐ yuē: “Yú, wǒ suǒ yù yě; xióngzhǎng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě, èr zhě bùkě dé jiān, shě yú ér qǔ xióngzhǎng zhě yě. Shēng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě; yì, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě, èr zhě bùkě dé jiān, shě shēng ér qǔ yì zhě yě.”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "孟子曰:「魚,我所欲也;熊掌,亦我所欲也,二者不可得兼,舍魚而取熊掌者也。生,亦我所欲也;義,亦我所欲也,二者不可得兼,舍生而取義者也。」",
      "translation": "孟子說:“我喜歡魚,我也喜歡熊掌。如果我不能同時擁有這兩樣東西,我就把魚放了,而把熊掌拿走。同樣地,我喜歡生命,也喜歡正義。如果我不能同時得到這兩者的話,我就會放棄生命,而選擇正義。”"
    },
    {
      "ref": "《孟子》,約公元前4世紀",
      "roman": "Mèngzǐ yuē: “Yú, wǒ suǒ yù yě; xióngzhǎng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě, èr zhě bùkě dé jiān, shě yú ér qǔ xióngzhǎng zhě yě. Shēng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě; yì, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě, èr zhě bùkě dé jiān, shě shēng ér qǔ yì zhě yě.”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "孟子曰:「鱼,我所欲也;熊掌,亦我所欲也,二者不可得兼,舍鱼而取熊掌者也。生,亦我所欲也;义,亦我所欲也,二者不可得兼,舍生而取义者也。」",
      "translation": "孟子說:“我喜歡魚,我也喜歡熊掌。如果我不能同時擁有這兩樣東西,我就把魚放了,而把熊掌拿走。同樣地,我喜歡生命,也喜歡正義。如果我不能同時得到這兩者的話,我就會放棄生命,而選擇正義。”"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "來自《孟子》:",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "鱼与熊掌不可兼得",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "魚和熊掌不能全都要",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "不可貪心,必須有所取捨"
      ],
      "id": "zh-魚與熊掌不可兼得-zh-proverb-frNenYE6"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yú yǔ xióngzhǎng bùkě jiān dé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩˊ ㄩˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄜˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu⁴ jyu⁵ hung⁴ zoeng² bat¹ ho² gim¹ dak¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yú yǔ xióngzhǎng bùkě jiān dé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩˊ ㄩˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄜˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yú yǔ syóngjhǎng bùkě jian dé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yü² yü³ hsiung²-chang³ pu⁴-kʻo³ chien¹ tê²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yú yǔ syúng-jǎng bù-kě jyān dé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yu yeu shyongjaang bukee jian der"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "юй юй сюнчжан букэ цзянь дэ (juj juj sjunčžan bukɛ czjanʹ dɛ)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/y³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu⁴ jyu⁵ hung⁴ zoeng² bat¹ ho² gim¹ dak¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yùh yúh hùhng jéung bāt hó gīm dāk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jy⁴ jy⁵ hung⁴ dzoeng² bat⁷ ho² gim¹ dak⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yu⁴ yu⁵ hung⁴ zêng² bed¹ ho² gim¹ deg¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː²¹ jyː¹³ hʊŋ²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ kiːm⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "魚與熊掌不可兼得"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話詞元",
    "官話諺語",
    "帶「不」的漢語詞",
    "帶「兼」的漢語詞",
    "帶「可」的漢語詞",
    "帶「得」的漢語詞",
    "帶「掌」的漢語詞",
    "帶「熊」的漢語詞",
    "帶「與」的漢語詞",
    "帶「魚」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有引文的文言文詞",
    "漢語詞元",
    "漢語諺語",
    "粵語詞元",
    "粵語諺語"
  ],
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "ref": "《孟子》,約公元前4世紀",
      "roman": "Mèngzǐ yuē: “Yú, wǒ suǒ yù yě; xióngzhǎng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě, èr zhě bùkě dé jiān, shě yú ér qǔ xióngzhǎng zhě yě. Shēng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě; yì, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě, èr zhě bùkě dé jiān, shě shēng ér qǔ yì zhě yě.”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "孟子曰:「魚,我所欲也;熊掌,亦我所欲也,二者不可得兼,舍魚而取熊掌者也。生,亦我所欲也;義,亦我所欲也,二者不可得兼,舍生而取義者也。」",
      "translation": "孟子說:“我喜歡魚,我也喜歡熊掌。如果我不能同時擁有這兩樣東西,我就把魚放了,而把熊掌拿走。同樣地,我喜歡生命,也喜歡正義。如果我不能同時得到這兩者的話,我就會放棄生命,而選擇正義。”"
    },
    {
      "ref": "《孟子》,約公元前4世紀",
      "roman": "Mèngzǐ yuē: “Yú, wǒ suǒ yù yě; xióngzhǎng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě, èr zhě bùkě dé jiān, shě yú ér qǔ xióngzhǎng zhě yě. Shēng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě; yì, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě, èr zhě bùkě dé jiān, shě shēng ér qǔ yì zhě yě.”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "孟子曰:「鱼,我所欲也;熊掌,亦我所欲也,二者不可得兼,舍鱼而取熊掌者也。生,亦我所欲也;义,亦我所欲也,二者不可得兼,舍生而取义者也。」",
      "translation": "孟子說:“我喜歡魚,我也喜歡熊掌。如果我不能同時擁有這兩樣東西,我就把魚放了,而把熊掌拿走。同樣地,我喜歡生命,也喜歡正義。如果我不能同時得到這兩者的話,我就會放棄生命,而選擇正義。”"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "來自《孟子》:",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "鱼与熊掌不可兼得",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "魚和熊掌不能全都要",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "不可貪心,必須有所取捨"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yú yǔ xióngzhǎng bùkě jiān dé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩˊ ㄩˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄜˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu⁴ jyu⁵ hung⁴ zoeng² bat¹ ho² gim¹ dak¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yú yǔ xióngzhǎng bùkě jiān dé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩˊ ㄩˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄜˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yú yǔ syóngjhǎng bùkě jian dé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yü² yü³ hsiung²-chang³ pu⁴-kʻo³ chien¹ tê²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yú yǔ syúng-jǎng bù-kě jyān dé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yu yeu shyongjaang bukee jian der"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "юй юй сюнчжан букэ цзянь дэ (juj juj sjunčžan bukɛ czjanʹ dɛ)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/y³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu⁴ jyu⁵ hung⁴ zoeng² bat¹ ho² gim¹ dak¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yùh yúh hùhng jéung bāt hó gīm dāk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jy⁴ jy⁵ hung⁴ dzoeng² bat⁷ ho² gim¹ dak⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yu⁴ yu⁵ hung⁴ zêng² bed¹ ho² gim¹ deg¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː²¹ jyː¹³ hʊŋ²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ kiːm⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "魚與熊掌不可兼得"
}

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