Word Meaning 両天秤にかける

りょうてんびんにかける ryoutembinnikakeru

両天秤にかける is read as りょうてんびんにかける (ryoutembinnikakeru) and means to try to have it both ways.

Meaning

English

to try to have it both ways
to try to sit on two stools

Reading

Kana

りょうてんびんにかける

Romaji

ryoutembinnikakeru

Writing Variants

両天秤に掛ける りょうてんびんにかける ryoutembin ni kakeru

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

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Related Vocabulary

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両天秤をかける

りょうてんびんをかける

to try to have it both ways

両天秤

りょうてんびん

two alternatives

天秤にかける

てんびんにかける

to weigh something on scales

天皇皇后両陛下

てんのうこうごうりょうへいか

Their Majesties, the Emperor and Empress

化学天秤

かがくてんびん

chemical balance

直示天秤

ちょくじてんびん

analytical balance

天秤宮

てんびんきゅう

Libra (7th zodiacal sign)

天秤

てんびん

(balance) scales

天秤秤

てんびんばかり

balance scale

天秤座

てんびんざ

Libra (constellation)

天秤押し

てんびんおし

pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making)

天秤棒

てんびんぼう

shoulder carrying pole