又想当婊子又想立牌坊 (又想當婊子又想立牌坊)
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
Pinyin

Definition

又想当婊子又想立牌坊 (又想當婊子又想立牌坊)
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yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. to want to have one's cake and eat it too

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

又
yòu
  1. 1 (once) again
  2. 2 also
  3. 3 both... and...
  4. 4 and yet
  5. 5 (used for emphasis) anyway
孩子
hái zi
  1. 1 child
想
xiǎng
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to suppose
  4. 4 to wish
  5. 5 to want
  6. 6 to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
房子
fáng zi
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 building (single- or two-story)
  3. 3 apartment
  4. 4 room
  5. 5 classifier: 栋 dòng
  6. 6 classifier: 幢 zhuàng
  7. 7 classifier: 座 zuò
  8. 8 classifier: 套 tào
  9. 9 classifier: 间 jiān
日子
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
三十而立
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive