Word Meaning 両天秤をかける

りょうてんびんをかける ryoutembinokakeru

両天秤をかける is read as りょうてんびんをかける (ryoutembinokakeru) 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

りょうてんびんをかける

Romaji

ryoutembinokakeru

Writing Variants

両天秤を掛ける りょうてんびんをかける ryoutembin o kakeru

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 148746 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

両天秤にかける

りょうてんびんにかける

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

Example Sentences

両天秤をかけると失敗する。

If you try to have it both ways, you'll end up with neither.