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又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草【yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo】

lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too

又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草【yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo】

lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too

又

HSK 21

含义and, also, again, in addition

拼音yòu

要

HSK 11

含义necessary, essential; necessity

拼音yào

马

HSK 1

含义horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187

拼音mǎ

儿

HSK 1

含义son, child; Kangxi radical 10

拼音ér

跑

HSK 11

含义run, flee, leave in hurry

拼音pǎo

不

HSK 11

含义no, not; un-; negative prefix

拼音bù

吃

HSK 11

含义eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear

拼音chī

草

HSK 21

含义grass, straw, thatch, herbs

拼音cǎo