腳踏兩條船

脚踏两条船
jiǎotàliǎngtiáochuán
  1. lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom)
  2. fig. to have it both ways
  3. to run after two hares
  4. (especially) to have two lovers at the same time

CEDICT

  1. to have a foot in both camps
  2. to have two dates at the same time, to two-time

Wiktionary

  1. 雙腳各踏在一條船上。比喻人投機取巧，兩方討好。如：「做人要實在，不要腳踏兩條船，免得惹禍上身。」也作「腳踏兩來舡」。
  2. 心意不決、猶疑難定。

重編國語辭典

  1. 左右搖擺，跟對立或不同的兩個方面都保持關係。
  2. 感情上不忠，劈腿

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 腳踏 jiǎotà pedal
2 兩 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 jīn (old)
3 條 tiáo
  1. strip
  2. item
  3. article
  4. clause (of law or treaty)
  5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
=4 船 chuán variant of 船 chuán
=4 船 chuán
  1. boat
  2. vessel
  3. ship

classifiers: 條, 艘, 隻