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腳踏兩條船. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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role; foot; base
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step on
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both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael |
measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item; article |
a boat; vessel; ship
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| trad. (腳踏兩條船)
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腳
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踏
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兩
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條
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船
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| simp. (脚踏两条船)
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脚
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踏
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两
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条
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船
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| Literally: “feet straddling two boats”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
腳踏兩條船
- to have a foot in both camps
- to have two dates at the same time, to two-time
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