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兩全其美
  loeng5 cyun4 kei4 mei5   jyutping
  liang3 quan2 qi2 mei3   pinyin
to satisfy rival demands; to have one's cake and eat it

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
兩全其美

This word has been viewed 1393 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 4th May 2007 19:33 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 loeng5 loeng2  -  two; pair
 cyun4  -  perfect, whole, total
 kei4 gei1  -  that; such; his; her
 mei5  -  beautiful
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