既要马好，又要马不吃草。

You can't have your cake and eat it.

You can't have your cake and eat it, too.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 既 jì
  1. already
  2. since
  3. both... (and...)
=2 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=2 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=2 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
=3 马 Mǎ
  1. surname Ma
  2. abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚 Mǎláixīyà
=3 马 mǎ
  1. horse
  2. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
  3. knight in Western chess

classifier: 匹
=4 好 hǎo
  1. good
  2. appropriate; proper
  3. all right!
  4. (before a verb) easy to
  5. (before a verb) good to
  6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
  7. (verb complement indicating completion)
  8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms
  9. (after a personal pronoun) hello
=4 好 hào to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
5 又 yòu
  1. (once) again
  2. also
  3. both... and...
  4. and yet
  5. (used for emphasis) anyway
=6 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=6 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=6 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
=7 马 Mǎ
  1. surname Ma
  2. abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚 Mǎláixīyà
=7 马 mǎ
  1. horse
  2. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
  3. knight in Western chess

classifier: 匹
8 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
9 吃草 chīcǎo to graze; to eat grass