Word data

HSK Not in HSK

FREQUENCY Unknown

又想当婊子又想立牌坊 yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng

to want to have one's cake and eat it too

Word data

HSK	Not in HSK
Frequency	Unknown

Definitions

1. to want to have one's cake and eat it too
2. fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
3. lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)

Characters

Character	Meaning
又 yòu HSK 3	(once) again; also; both... and...
想 xiǎng HSK 1	to want; to think; to suppose
当 dāng HSK 3	to be; to act as; should
婊 biǎo	prostitute
子 zi HSK 1	(noun suffix); son; child
又 yòu HSK 3	(once) again; also; both... and...
想 xiǎng HSK 1	to want; to think; to suppose
立 lì HSK 5	to stand; to establish; to set up
牌 pái HSK 4	playing card; plate; signboard
坊 fāng	lane (usually as part of a street name); surname Fang