針冇兩頭利
简 针冇两头利 · 繁 針冇兩頭利Meanings
- you can't have your cake and eat it too; you can't have it both ways
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: zhen1 mao3 liang3 tou2 li4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zam1 mou5 loeng5 tau4 lei6
Cantonese word readings for 針冇兩頭利. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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