両天秤
Meanings
Noun
1. two alternatives
Kanji used
Pitch accent
りょうてんびん
りょうてんびん
Composed of
両
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; traditional unit of weight (for gold, silver and drugs), 4-5 monme, 15-19 g; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold; traditional measure of fabric, 2 tan
Prefix
天秤
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
Noun
Examples1
両天秤
If you try to have it both ways, you'll end up with neither.