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判若兩人
pàn ruò liǎng rén
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to be a different person;
not to be one's usual self
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勢不兩立
shì bù liǎng lì
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the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences;
incompatible standpoints
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半斤八兩
bàn jīn bā liǎng
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not much to choose between the two;
tweedledum and tweedledee
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參兩院
cān liǎng yuàn
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both houses of US Congress
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四兩撥千斤
sì liǎng bō qiān jīn
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lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom);
fig. to achieve much with little effort
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國共兩黨
guó gòng liǎng dǎng
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Guomindang 國民黨|国民党[Guo2 min2 dang3] and Chinese Communist Party 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3]
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小兩口
xiǎo liǎng kǒu
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(coll.) young married couple
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小兩口兒
xiǎo liǎng kǒu r
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erhua variant of 小兩口|小两口[xiao3 liang3 kou3]
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左右兩難
zuǒ yòu liǎng nán
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dilemma;
quandary;
Scylla and Charybdis;
between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)
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市兩
shì liǎng
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Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 50 grams
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後兩者
hòu liǎng zhě
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the latter two
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斤兩
jīn liǎng
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weight;
(fig.) importance
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有兩下子
yǒu liǎng xià zi
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to have real skill;
to know one's stuff
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模稜兩可
mó léng liǎng kě
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equivocal;
ambiguous
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正反兩面
zhèng fǎn liǎng miàn
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two-way;
reversible;
both sides of the coin
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此地無銀三百兩
cǐ dì wú yín sān bǎi liǎng
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lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom); fig. to reveal what one intends to hide
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水陸兩用
shuǐ lù liǎng yòng
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amphibious (vehicle)
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海峽兩岸關係協會
hǎi xiá liǎng àn guān xi xié huì
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PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
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清風兩袖
qīng fēng liǎng xiù
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honest and upright (idiom)
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漢賊不兩立
hàn zéi bù liǎng lì
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lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom);
fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky;
(former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
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炸兩
zhá liǎng
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(Cantonese cuisine) zhaliang, rice noodle rolls 腸粉|肠粉[chang2 fen3] stuffed with youtiao 油條|油条[you2 tiao2]
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老兩口兒
lǎo liǎng kǒu r
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an old married couple
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腳踏兩條船
jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán
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lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom);
fig. to have it both ways;
to run after two hares;
(especially) to have two lovers at the same time
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腳踏兩隻船
jiǎo tà liǎng zhī chuán
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to have a foot in both camps;
to have a bet each way;
to be having an affair
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腳踩兩隻船
jiǎo cǎi liǎng zhī chuán
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see 腳踏兩隻船|脚踏两只船[jiao3 ta4 liang3 zhi1 chuan2]
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