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两liǎng

two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jīn] (old)

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两者liǎng zhě

both of them / the two of them

两边liǎng biān

either side / both sides

两码事liǎng mǎ shì

two things that are fundamentally different from each other / two very different things

两下子liǎng xià zi

a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade

两侧liǎng cè

two sides / both sides

两面派liǎng miàn pài

two-faced person / double-dealing

两手空空liǎng shǒu kōng kōng

empty-handed (idiom) / fig. not receiving anything

两回事liǎng huí shì

two quite different things / two unrelated matters

两性liǎng xìng

male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric

两端liǎng duān

both ends (of a stick etc) / two extremes

两难liǎng nán

dilemma / quandary / to be faced with a difficult choice

两栖liǎng qī

amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines

两极liǎng jí

the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles

两肋插刀liǎng lèi chā dāo

(lit.) to take knives in both sides (idiom) / (fig.) to go to any lengths for a friend / to sacrifice oneself out of loyalty

两全其美liǎng quán qí měi

to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too

两败俱伤liǎng bài jù shāng

both sides suffer (idiom) / neither side wins

两口子liǎng kǒu zi

husband and wife

两头liǎng tóu

both ends / both parties to a deal

两面liǎng miàn

both sides

两用liǎng yòng

dual-use

两旁liǎng páng

both sides / either side

两栖动物liǎng qī dòng wù

amphibian / amphibious animals

进退两难jìn tuì liǎng nán

no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation

三长两短sān cháng liǎng duǎn

unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death

一刀两断yī dāo liǎng duàn

(idiom) to make a clean break with / to have nothing more to do with

模棱两可mó léng liǎng kě

equivocal / ambiguous

小两口xiǎo liǎng kǒu

(coll.) young married couple

一举两得yī jǔ liǎng dé

(lit.) one action, two gains (idiom) / (fig.) two birds with one stone

半斤八两bàn jīn bā liǎng

not much to choose between the two / tweedledum and tweedledee

三言两语sān yán liǎng yǔ

in a few words (idiom) / expressed succinctly

两下liǎng xià

twice / for a little while

两不相欠liǎng bù xiāng qiàn

to be even / to be quits / to be even-steven

两不误liǎng bù wù

to neglect neither one

两个中国liǎng gè zhōng guó

two-China (policy)

两倍liǎng bèi

twice as much / double the amount

两侧对称liǎng cè duì chèn

bilateral symmetry

两仪liǎng yí

heaven and earth / yin and yang

两全liǎng quán

to satisfy both sides / to accommodate both (demands)

两分法liǎng fēn fǎ

(Maoism) one divides into two

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