双管齐下 shuāng guǎn qí xià

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time
  2. to attack one problem from two angles at the same time

CHARACTERS

双 shuāng set of two, pair, couple; both
管 guǎn pipe, tube, duct; woodwind music
齐 qí even, uniform, of equal length
下 xià under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down