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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	与	與	yú	yu2	variant of 欤
2	寄与	寄與	jì yú	ji4 yu2	variant of 寄予
3	鱼与熊掌	魚與熊掌	yú yǔ xióng zhǎng	yu2 yu3 xiong2 zhang3	lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it
4	鱼与熊掌不可兼得	魚與熊掌不可兼得	yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bù kě jiān dé	yu2 yu3 xiong2 zhang3 bu4 ke3 jian1 de2	lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it