又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草

Chinese
 
(once) again; also; both... and...; again
 
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
 horse good; well; be fond of
 
(once) again; also; both... and...; again
 
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
 horse not; no to graze; to browse
trad. (又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草) 又 要 馬兒 好 ， 又 要 馬兒 不 吃草
simp. (又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草) 又 要 马儿 好 ， 又 要 马儿 不 吃草
alternative forms 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草／又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
又要馬兒跑得好，又要馬兒不吃草／又要马儿跑得好，又要马儿不吃草
Literally: “to want the horse to run fast and yet not let it graze”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yòu yào mǎr hǎo, yòu yào mǎr bù chī cǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇㄦ ㄏㄠˇ, ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇㄦ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔ ㄘㄠˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): jau6 jiu3 maa5 ji4 hou2, jau6 jiu3 maa5 ji4 bat1 hek3 cou2
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: yòu yào mǎr hǎo, yòu yào mǎr bù chī cǎo [Phonetic: yòuyàomárhǎo,yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo]
      • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇㄦ ㄏㄠˇ, ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇㄦ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔ ㄘㄠˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow yaw maal hao, yow yaw maal buh chy bu
      • Tongyong Pinyin: yòu yào mǎr hǎo, yòu yào mǎr bù chih cǎo
      • Sinological IPA (key): /joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
      • Jyutping: jau6 jiu3 maa5 ji4 hou2, jau6 jiu3 maa5 ji4 bat1 hek3 cou2
      • Yale: yauh yiu máh yìh hóu, yauh yiu máh yìh bāt hek chóu
      • Cantonese Pinyin: jau6 jiu3 maa5 ji4 hou2, jau6 jiu3 maa5 ji4 bat7 hek8 tsou2
      • Guangdong Romanization: yeo6 yiu3 ma5 yi4 hou2, yeo6 yiu3 ma5 yi4 bed1 hég3 cou2
      • Sinological IPA (key): /jɐu̯²² jiːu̯³³ mäː¹³ jiː²¹ hou̯³⁵ jɐu̯²² jiːu̯³³ mäː¹³ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɛːk̚³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Idiom

又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草

  1. (figuratively) to have one's cake and eat it too; to excessively ask someone to do something while to be not willing to give him/her anything
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